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(U) This assessment 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.
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Cocaine
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence
Gaps
Outlook
Methamphetamine
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gap
Outlook
Marijuana
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence
Gap
Outlook
Heroin
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence
Gap
Outlook
Controlled
Prescription Drugs
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gap
Outlook
MDMA
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gap
Outlook
Drug Threats in Indian Country
Gangs
Overview
Strategic Findings
Drug
Trafficking Organizations
Overview
Strategic Findings
Illicit Finance
Overview
Strategic Findings
Financial
Institutions
Bulk Cash Smuggling
Black Market
Peso Exchange
New Products
and Technology
Appendix A. Maps
Appendix B. Tables
Appendix C. Scope and Methodology
Figure 1. Vectors in
the Transit Zone--CCDB-Documented Cocaine Flow Departing South America, January-December
2007
Figure 2. Southwest Border
Cocaine Seizures At or Between POEs, by Quarter, in Kilograms, 2004-2008
Figure 3. Cocaine Price
and Purity, April 2005-June 2008
Figure 4. Federal Cocaine
Seizure Totals, in Kilograms, First Quarter 2003 to Second Quarter 2008
Figure 5. Percent of
National Positive
Cocaine Test Results, 2005 to Second Quarter 2008
Figure 6. Commercial Pseudoephedrine
Imports Into Mexico, in Metric Tons, 2004-2008
Figure 7. Methamphetamine
Seized Along the Southwest Border, in Kilograms, 2004-2008
Figure
8. Methamphetamine Price and Purity, April 2005-June 2008
Figure 9. Percent of Positive
Methamphetamine Test Results
Figure 10. Methamphetamine
Seized in the United States, in Kilograms, 2005-2008
Figure 11. Methamphetamine
Laboratory Seizures in the United States, 2000-2008
Figure 12. Average
Percentage of THC in Samples of Seized Marijuana, 1985-2007
Figure 13. Indoor Cannabis
Plants Eradicated Nationally, 2003-2007
Figure 14. Outdoor
Cannabis Plants Eradicated Nationally, 2004-2007
Figure 15. Southwest
Border Marijuana Seizures, in Kilograms, 2003-2008
Figure 16. Potential
Heroin Production for Mexico and Colombia, in Metric Tons, 1999-2007
Figure 17. South American
and Mexican Retail Heroin Purity, by Percentage, 2001-2006
Figure 18. Heroin Seizures
At Commercial Air Ports of Entry and At Southwest Border, in Kilograms, 2003-2008
Figure 19. Average Heroin
Weight per Southwest Border Seizure Event, in Kilograms, 2003-2008
Figure 20. Percentage
of Seized Heroin Weight, by Source Area, 2002-2006
Figure 21. Price per
Milligram of Pure Heroin, by Source Area, 2002-2006
Figure 22. Rogue Pharmacies
Operating on the Internet, 2004-2008
Figure 23. Prescription
Requirements of Internet Pharmacy Anchor Sites, 2004-2008
Figure 24. MDMA Laboratory
Incidents in Canada, 2003-2007
Figure 25. MDMA Seizure
Totals in the United States, 2003-2008, in Dosage Units
Table 1. Estimated Andean
Region Coca Cultivation and Potential Pure Cocaine Production 2003-2007
Table 2. Cities Where Decreased
Methamphetamine Availability Was Reported, June 2007-June 2008
Table 3. Percentage of Primary
Illicit Drug Mentions by American Indians at Time of Treatment Admission, 2002-2006
Table 4. Illicit Drug Mentions
by American Indians at Time of Treatment Admission, 2002-2006
Table 5. Gangs Affiliated
with the Sinaloa, Gulf, Juárez, or Tijuana Cartels
Table 6. Asian Gangs Affiliated
With Asian DTOs
Table B1. Federal Drug-Related
Arrests, United States, 2003-2008
Table B2. The 20 Largest
Cocaine Seizures Ever Reported
Table B3. Cocaine Availability
Indicators in 51 Key Regional Markets
Table B4. Percentage of
Drug-Related ED Visits Attributed to Cocaine, by DAWN City
Table B5. Cities Where
Wholesale Methamphetamine Price Increases Were Reported, December 2006 to June 2008
Table B6. Trends in Percentage
of Past Year Drug Use, 2003-2007
Table B7. Adolescent Trends
in Percentage of Past Year Drug Use, 2003-2007
Table B8. Admissions to
Publicly Funded Treatment Facilities, by Primary Substance, 2002-2006
Table B9. Potential Worldwide
Heroin Production, in Metric Tons, 2002-2006
Map A1. Nine OCDETF Regions.
Map A2. NDTS 2008 greatest
drug threat by region, as reported by state and local agencies.
Map A3. NDTS 2008 greatest
drug threat, as reported by state and local agencies.
Map A4. U.S. cities with decreased
cocaine availability, first quarter 2008 versus 2006 levels, by OCDETF region, as
reported by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
Map A5. U.S. cities reporting
the presence of Mexican DTOs, January 1, 2006, through April 8, 2008.
Map A6. U.S. cities reporting
the presence of Asian DTOs, January 1, 2006, through April 8, 2008.
Map A7. U.S. cities reporting
the presence of Colombian, Cuban, and Dominican DTOs; La Cosa Nostra; and Italian
organized crime, January 1, 2006, through April 8, 2008.
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