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This interagency assessment provides a strategic overview and predictive outlook of the threat to the United States from the illicit trafficking and use of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs.
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NDIC - Assorted pills
DEA - Khat seizure
DEA - Vehicle concealment
Kansas City Missouri Police Department - Crack cocaine
concealed in cigarettes
DEA - Marijuana-laced Pot Tarts
NDIC - Atlanta, Georgia
DEA - Ice methamphetamine
NDIC - San Ysidro POE traffic
Southwest Border Region Drug Transportation and Homeland
Security Issues
Drug Transportation
Homeland Security Issues
Border Violence
Firearms Trafficking
Alien Smuggling
Cocaine
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gaps
Predictive Estimates
Heroin
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gaps
Predictive Estimates
Marijuana
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gaps
Predictive Estimates
Methamphetamine
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gaps
Predictive Estimates
Pharmaceutical Drugs
Overview
Strategic Findings
Intelligence Gaps
Predictive Estimates
Other Dangerous Drugs
Overview
Strategic Findings
MDMA
LSD
PCP
GHB
Intelligence Gaps
Predictive Estimates
Illicit Finance
Overview
Strategic Findings
Bulk Cash Smuggling
Money Services Businesses
Traditional Depository
Institutions
Emerging Methods and Technology
Drug Trafficking Organizations
Overview
Strategic Findings
Appendix A. OCDETF Regional Summaries
Florida/Caribbean Regional Overview
Great Lakes Regional Overview
Mid-Atlantic Regional Overview
New England Regional Overview
New York/New Jersey Regional Overview
Pacific Regional Overview
Southeast Regional Overview
Southwest Regional Overview
West Central Regional Overview
Appendix B. Maps
Appendix C. Tables
Appendix D. Scope and Methodology
Figure 1. Vectors in the Transit Zone--CCDB-documented cocaine flow departing South America, January-December 2006.
Chart 1. Rates of National Positive Cocaine
Results in Workplace Drug Tests, 2005-2007
Chart 2. South American
and Mexican Retail Heroin
Purity, by Percentage, 2001-2006
Chart 3. Average Percentage of THC in Samples
of Seized Marijuana, 1985-2006
Chart 4. Number of Reported Methamphetamine
Laboratory Seizures, 2002-2007
Chart 5. Number of Primary Methamphetamine
Treatment Admissions to Publicly Funded Treatment Facilities, 2000-2005
Table 1. Estimated Andean Region Coca Cultivation
and Potential Pure Cocaine Production, 2002-2006
Table 2. Southwest Border Area Seizures for Cocaine,
by Quarter, in Kilograms, Third Quarter 2003-Second Quarter 2007
Table 3. Top 10 Ports of Entry for Heroin Seizures,
in Kilograms, 2005 and 2006 Combined
Table 4. Potential Worldwide Heroin Production,
in Metric Tons, 2002-2006
Table 5. Domestic Cannabis Eradication, Outdoor
and Indoor Plant Seizures, 2000-2006
Table 6. Cannabis Eradication in Mexico, in Hectares,
2001-2006
Table 7. Cannabis Cultivation and Production in
Mexico, 2001-2005
Table 8. Marijuana Seizures on the Southwest
Border, in Kilograms, 2001-2006
Table 9. Marijuana Seizures on the Southwest Border,
Tucson Sector Only, in Pounds, 2001-2006
Table 10. Marijuana Seizures at or Between U.S.-Canada
Ports of Entry, in Kilograms, 2001-2006
Table 11. Methamphetamine Seizures on the Southwest
Border, in Kilograms, 1998-2007
Table 12. Number of National Methadone-Related Deaths,
1999-2004
Table 13. Number of Methadone-Related Deaths
in Select States, 2005-2006
Table 14. Percentages of Parents Who Discuss the
Dangers of Drug Abuse "a lot" With Their Children, 2006
Table 15. Number of MDMA Laboratory Seizures in Canada,
2002-2006
Table 16. Federal Drug Seizures for MDMA in Northern
Border States, in Dosage Units, 2002-2006
Table 17. Number of LSD Samples Submitted for Testing,
in Dosage Units, 2000-2006
Table 18. Drug Trafficking Organizations or Criminal
Groups Operating in the United States
Figure 2. The Florida/Caribbean Region.
Figure 3. The Great Lakes Region.
Figure 4. The Mid-Atlantic Region.
Figure 5. The New England Region.
Figure 6. The New York/New Jersey Region.
Figure 7. The Pacific Region.
Figure 8. The Southeast Region.
Figure 9. The Southwest Region.
Figure 10. The West Central Region.
Map 1. Nine OCDETF regions.
Map 2. National Drug Threat Survey 2007 greatest
drug threat as reported by state and local agencies.
Map 3. National Drug Threat Survey 2007 greatest
drug threat by region as reported by state and local agencies.
Map 4. U.S. cities with cocaine shortages reported
by law enforcement agencies during the second quarter of 2007.
Map 5. Changes in Quest cocaine positivity
results in cities with reported cocaine shortages, second quarter 2006 compared
with second quarter 2007.
Map 6. DAWN: Changes in cocaine emergency department
visits for second quarters of 2006 and 2007.
Table 1. Trends in Percentage of Past Year Drug
Use, 2002-2006
Table 2. Adolescent Trends in Percentage of Past
Year Drug Use, 2002-2006
Table 3. Federal-Wide Drug Seizures, in Kilograms,
2002-2006
Table 4. Number of Federal Drug-Related Arrests,
United States, 2002-2006
Table 5. Price Differences Between Commercial-Grade
and High-Grade Marijuana in U.S. Cities, 2006
Table 6. Quest Diagnostics Positivity Rates for
Cocaine in Cities Where Cocaine Shortages Were Reported, Second Quarter 2006 and
Second Quarter 2007
Table 7. Laboratory Seizures Involving Other
Dangerous Drugs, 2000-2007
Table 8. Percentage of 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders
Who Perceive Great Risk in Trying MDMA Once or Twice, 2001-2006
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