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Title:Wisconsin Drug Threat Assessment Update |
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Publication Date: June
2002
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List of TablesTable 1. Drug-Related Treatment Admissions to Publicly Funded Facilities,
Wisconsin, 1994-2000 |
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OverviewIllicit drugs pose an increasingly serious threat to Wisconsin residents. Milwaukee and, to a lesser extent, Madison serve as distribution centers for most of the illicit drugs that are distributed within the state. Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) and criminal groups are the principal transporters and wholesale distributors of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana in Wisconsin. Dominican DTOs and criminal groups dominate the transportation and wholesale distribution of South American heroin, and Nigerian DTOs transport and distribute Southeast Asian heroin at the wholesale level. Organized street gangs such as Gangster Disciples, Vice Lords, and Latin Kings dominate the retail distribution of most drugs in urban areas and throughout the state. The widespread availability and abuse of powdered and crack cocaine pose the most serious illicit drug threat to Wisconsin. Marijuana, the second most significant drug threat, is the most widely available and commonly abused illicit drug in the state. Methamphetamine poses an increasingly serious threat; abuse of the drug had been concentrated in the northwestern part of the state but is now spreading throughout Wisconsin. The increasing availability and abuse of heroin also present an emerging drug threat. The abuse of other dangerous drugs such as MDMA, GHB, and LSD and the diversion and abuse of pharmaceuticals, particularly OxyContin, pose an increasingly serious concern to Wisconsin's law enforcement and healthcare professionals. |
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National
Drug Intelligence Center Tel.
(814) 532-4601 |
National
Drug Intelligence Center 8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1001 McLean, VA 22102-3840 Tel. (703) 556-8970 |
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Web AddressesADNET: http://ndicosa |
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