National Drug Threat Assessment 2009 released

The National Drug Threat Assessment 2009 provides a strategic overview and predictive outlook of drug trafficking and abuse trends within the United States. The assessment identifies the primary drug threats to the nation, tracks drug availability throughout the country, and analyzes trafficking and distribution patterns of illicit drugs within the United States. It evaluates the threat posed by illegal drugs by examining availability, production and cultivation, transportation, distribution, and demand.

Job Vacancy Announcement posted

The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, announces the following vacancy:

Secretary to a National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) Branch Chief, performing clerical and administrative support duties for the branch.  Receives, screens, and directs incoming telephone calls and prepares outgoing correspondence and other documents for the Branch Chief and staff. Responsible for preparing and submitting a variety of materials and reports involving specialized terminology. Ensures documents are prepared in proper format and contain no style, grammatical, punctuation, or typographical errors. Prepares training requests, makes travel arrangements, and inputs time and attendance records for the branch.  

FY08 Accomplishments

The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) has consistently and effectively supported national policymakers and law enforcement decisionmakers by providing:

• high-quality strategic domestic drug intelligence;

• facilitating information sharing and liaison between intelligence and law enforcement agencies;

• providing timely operational support to law enforcement authorities by conducting document and media exploitation of evidence collected during federal, state, and local law enforcement investigations;

• and providing training in support of the above efforts.

NDIC has been a major contributor to our nation's counternarcotics effort and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Strategic Plan. A summary of NDIC mission accomplishments during fiscal year (FY) 2008 is now available.

• National Drug Threat Assessment 2009
• National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment 2008
• Domestic Cannabis Cultivation Assessment 2007
• NDIC Highlights Fiscal Year 2008

News from Uganda

NDIC's international training is highlighted in Police Trained on Tracking Criminals, an article in The New Vision - Uganda's Leading Website. This article discusses the week-long course performed by senior criminal intelligence analysts from the International Police (Interpol) and the United States Department of Justice's NDIC representative.

SENTRY is an Internet-based system designed to collect and disseminate synthetic drug-related data in order to identify new trends at an early stage, evaluate their likely importance, and track their development.

SENTRY focuses on synthetic drugs that are primarily produced via a chemical process, such as LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as ecstasy), and methamphetamine. To be truly effective as an early warning system, however, the system also monitors prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, botanical substances and extracts, and chemicals and products involved in the manufacturing of synthetic drugs.

Enter the Sentry Web Site

Dynamic Mapping Initiative - Select information collected by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) in the course of producing domestic drug intelligence products is presented on this web site through dynamic and static maps. Interactive maps depicting city and county responses to selected questions from NDIC’s annual National Drug Threat Survey in 2006 and 2007 are currently available.