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Title:Heroin in the NortheastA Regional Drug Threat Assessment |
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Publication Date: August 2003Document ID: 2003-L0390H-001Archived on: January 1, 2006. This document may contain dated information. It remains available to provide access to historical materials. This strategic assessment addresses the heroin situation in the Northeast region, which, for the purposes of this report, includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. It contains findings derived through detailed analysis of the most recently available reporting from law enforcement, intelligence, and public health agencies. Your questions, comments, and suggestions for future subjects are welcome at any time. Addresses are provided at the end of the page. |
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Transportation
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Heroin in Key Cities |
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Executive SummaryHeroin poses one of the most significant drug threats to the Northeast region of the United States. Distribution and abuse of the drug are widespread and increasing significantly, particularly in suburban and rural communities. Treatment data indicate that heroin-related admissions to publicly funded facilities in the Northeast increased by more than 28,000 between 1999 and 2001. High-purity South American heroin is the most prevalent type available; however, Southeast and Southwest Asian heroin and, to a much lesser extent, Mexican black tar heroin and brown powdered heroin also are available. New York City serves as a primary market area for heroin in the Northeast. Several other northeastern cities including the greater Boston area, Baltimore, Newark, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., also play prominent roles in regional heroin distribution. Colombian and Dominican drug trafficking organizations and criminal groups control most of the wholesale-level distribution of South American heroin in the Northeast. Asian and Nigerian criminal groups are the primary wholesale-level distributors of Southeast and Southwest Asian heroin. Dominican criminal groups are the primary retail distributors throughout the Northeast; however, numerous other retail heroin distributors also are active.
ScopeThis strategic assessment addresses the heroin situation in the Northeast
region, which, for the purposes of this report, includes Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. It
contains findings derived through detailed analysis of the most recently
available reporting from law enforcement, intelligence, and public health
agencies. |
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Drug Intelligence Center Tel.
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Drug Intelligence Center 8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1001 McLean, VA 22102-3840 Tel. (703) 556-8970 |
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