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Title:Delaware Drug Threat Assessment Update |
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Publication
Date: May 2003
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List of TablesTable 1. Percentage of Drug-Related Federal Sentences by Drug
Type, Delaware and United States, FY2001 |
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Overview
The distribution and abuse of illegal drugs pose a serious threat to Delaware. Most illicit drugs available in the state are transported from Philadelphia and New York City. Private vehicles are the primary conveyances used to transport illicit drugs into Delaware. Tractor-trailers, maritime vessels, couriers aboard trains and buses, and package delivery services also are used to transport illicit drugs into the state. Most of the illicit drugs transported into Delaware are abused within the state and are not transshipped to other locations. Cocaine, both powdered and crack, poses the most significant drug threat to Delaware. The drug is readily available, frequently abused, and often associated with violent crime. The threat to the state posed by heroin, primarily South American heroin, rivals the threat posed by cocaine. Heroin availability has spread to rural areas of the state, and the number of heroin-related treatment admissions in Delaware is higher than for any other illicit drug in the state. Marijuana is the most readily available and widely abused illicit drug in Delaware. The availability and abuse of other dangerous drugs, principally MDMA and some diverted pharmaceuticals, pose an increasing threat to the state. Methamphetamine production, distribution, and abuse pose a low threat to Delaware. |
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Addresses |
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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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