Methamphetamine

National Drug Intelligence Center
New Hampshire Drug Threat Assessment Update
May 2003

Methamphetamine poses a low drug threat to New Hampshire. According to NHSDA data, methamphetamine-related treatment admissions to publicly funded facilities in New Hampshire decreased 61 percent from 28 in 1997 to 11 in 2001. (See Table 1 in Heroin section.) The number of deaths in which methamphetamine was a factor in New Hampshire is not available. FDSS data indicate that federal law enforcement officials in New Hampshire did not report any methamphetamine seizures to FDSS in 2002. USSC data indicate that in FY2001, 7.9 percent of drug-related federal sentences in New Hampshire were methamphetamine-related, compared with 14.2 percent nationwide. (See Table 2 in Heroin section.)

Methamphetamine available in New Hampshire typically is transported from California and southwestern states via package delivery services. To a lesser extent, methamphetamine also is transported into the state from these areas in private and commercial vehicles and via couriers aboard commercial aircraft. Crystal methamphetamine also has been transported into the state.

Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Members Distribute Crystal Methamphetamine

In November 2002 two members of the New England-based Ku Klux Klan Motorcycle Club (KKKMC) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute pound quantities of crystal methamphetamine in New Hampshire. Over a 1-year period, these individuals traveled via private and commercial vehicles and commercial aircraft to Phoenix, Arizona, every 30 to 90 days to purchase 2- to 5-pound quantities of crystal methamphetamine for distribution in New Hampshire.

Source: New Hampshire State Police; DEA; New England Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).

Outlaw motorcycle gangs and Caucasian local independent dealers are the principal retail-level distributors of methamphetamine in New Hampshire. Methamphetamine typically is distributed from private residences, bars, and other public areas. Methamphetamine sold for $150 per gram in the first quarter of FY2003, according to the DEA Manchester Resident Office.

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