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Significant Drugs of Abuseand their impact in the

MIDLAND-ODESSA area

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METHAMPHETAMINE

• Currently the most significant threat to the local area• General Info: Stimulant, produced in clan labs in US and Mexico• Midessa Trends: Much of area meth is from NM, also from Dallas• New laws regulating Pseudoephedrine pushing production to MX• Local Impact: Burden on LE, Social Services, increase in crime• How Taken: Orally, Smoked, Snorted, Injected• Paraphernalia: Glass Pipes, Syringes• Average local prices: $800-$1600 per ounce

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Methamphetamine

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Cocaine and Crack Cocaine

• Midessa is a major transshipment point for cocaine from Mexico

• General Info: Erythroxylon Coca; leaf, powder, rock

• How Taken: Orally, Snorted, Injected, Smoked (Free Basing)

• Methods of Importation/Trafficking

• Cocaine still produced in SA (CB, BV, PU)

• MX orgs have taken over significant distribution networks

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Cocaine Base (Crack Cocaine)

• Manufactured by combining cocaine and baking powder

• Highly addictive form of cocaine

• Addictive nature leads to many separate crimes in community

• Non-water soluble, higher melting point; smoked

• High more intense, but shorter duration, than powder cocaine

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Heroin

• Heavily abused drug in the local area• Definitions: Narcotic, Opiates/Opioids, Examples• Produced from poppy plants (scoring, collection)• Locally almost 100% MX black tar; also from CB, SWA, SEA• Black Tar, Brown Heroin, White Heroin• Severe addiction and withdrawal symptoms• Methods of Importation and Trafficking• Trafficking Organizations

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Marijuana

• Local area is significant transshipment point for Mexican marijuana

• General Info: Cannabis sativa & indica, where grown

• How taken: Smoked, orally ingested

• Active chemical: THC

• Detection: Casual vs Heavy User

• Most commonly abused illegal drug

• Methods of Importation and Smuggling

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

Drug Enforcement AdministrationMidland Resident Office

• Concealment in private and commercial vehicles

• Utilization of US Post Office, FedEx, etc

• Public Transportation, Greyhound Buses, etc

• Avoiding/circumventing drug tests

• Complacency by drug test administrators

Avoiding Detection

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