U.S. Department of Justice
National Drug Intelligence Center
Los Angeles HIDTA Drug
Market Analysis 2010
April 2010
Figure 1. Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
The Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area consists of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
Inland Empire counties are Riverside and San Bernardino.
Major cities in the area with populations of over 1,000,000 are Los Angeles and San Diego.
Inland Empire cities are Banning, Barstow, Chino, Colton, Corona, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Moreno Valley, Needles, Norco, Ontario, Perris, Rancho Cucamonga, Rialto, Riverside, San Bernardino, Twentynine Palms, Victorville, and Yucca Valley.
The Ports of Entry are San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico West, Calexico East, and Andrade.
The interstate highways within this region are I-5, I-8, I-10, I-15, I-40, I-210, and I-215.
The U.S. highway is route 101.
The state highways are routes 86 and 111.
The Mexican highways are routes 1, 2, and 5.
Note: Populations are from U.S. Census Bureau Census 2000 data.
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Figure 2. Greatest Drug Threat in the Los Angeles HIDTA Region as Reported by State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies by Number of Respondents.c
Pie chart showing number of respondents as:
Methamphetamine: 28 respondents
Cocaine: 5 respondents
Marijuana: 3 respondents
Heroin: 2 respondents
Controlled prescription drugs: 1 respondents
Source: National Drug Threat Survey 2010.
c. NDTS data for 2010 cited in this report are as of March 3, 2010. NDTS data cited are raw, unweighted responses from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies solicited through either NDIC or the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) HIDTA program. Data cited may include responses from agencies that are part of the NDTS 2010 national sample or agencies that are part of HIDTA solicitation lists.
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