News Release -
December 27, 2007
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For Immediate Release
December 27, 2007
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Contact: Mr. Charles Miller
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National Drug Intelligence Center Releases 2008 National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment
The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), a component of the
Department of Justice and the nation's principal center for strategic drug intelligence, has
released the
2008 National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment. This strategic assessment presents
an analysis of key trends and developments regarding methamphetamine production,
transportation, distribution, and abuse in the United States. The assessment also offers an in-depth
strategic predictive analysis of future trends.
Despite progress in reducing domestic methamphetamine production,
methamphetamine trafficking, and abuse remain a significant threat in the United States.
Methamphetamine produced in Mexico continues to dominate the U. S. drug market.
Preliminary 2007 methamphetamine seizure data, compared with data in 2006, indicate the
possibility of a decrease in methamphetamine production in Mexico. Some drug markets in
the western United States report sporadic and temporary shortages of methamphetamine, while
markets in other regions report stable or increasing availability. Mexican methamphetamine
distribution networks are expanding in many U. S. drug markets, supplanting local
distributors and methamphetamine-related crime, such as identity theft is increasing.
Canadian methamphetamine production has increased with some of this production
intended for distribution in the United States.
In addition to the national-level strategic assessment, the report
includes overviews of the methamphetamine situation in each of nine Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) regions covering the country. OCDETF is a federal drug
enforcement program that focuses attention and resources on the disruption and dismantling of
major drug trafficking organizations. OCDETF provides a framework for federal, state, and local
law enforcement agencies to work together to target well-established and complex
organizations that direct, finance, or engage in illegal narcotics trafficking and related crimes.
In preparing the 2008 National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment,
NDIC partnered with federal and state agencies in the collection of data and information. A
copy of the 2008 National Methamphetamine Threat Assessment can be found at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs26/26594/index.htm.
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