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Drug Situation: The drug threat in Alabama is the widespread availability and abuse of illegal drugs arriving from outside the state, along with its homegrown marijuana and the increasing danger of local manufacture of methamphetamine and designer drugs.

Conventional drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana comprise the bulk of drugs arriving in and shipped through Alabama. Colombian, Mexican, and Caribbean Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs), regional DTOs, as well as local DTOs and (casual or one-time traffickers) are responsible for the transportation of these drugs.

Additionally, Mexican, Caribbean and regional DTOs have extensive distribution networks within the State of Alabama. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are also supplying methamphetamine on a very limited basis through their own distribution network within the state.

Table C.1 Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) Reporting Use of Selected Drugs, Perceptions of Great Risk, Average Annual Marijuana Initiates, and Past Year Substance Dependence or Abuse in Alabama, by Age Group: 1999 and 2000

Drug Characteristic	Total	AGE GROUP (Years)
Drug Characteristic	Total	12-17	18-25	26 or Older
Based on 1999 and 2000 Pooled Data:
ILLICIT DRUGS
Past Month Any Illicit Drug¹ Use	196	36	69	92
Past Month Marijuana Use	140	24	53	63
Past Month Use of Any Illicit Drug Other Than Marijuana¹	96	19	32	45
Past Year Cocaine Use	64	6	20	39
Perception of Great Risk of Smoking Marijuana Once a Month	1,890	161	158	1,572
Average Annual Number of Marijuana Initiates²	34	17	15	2
ALCOHOL
Past Month Alcohol Use	1,341	54	238	1,049
Past Month Binge Alcohol³ Use	657	37	148	472
Perception of Great Risk of Drinking Five or More Drinks Once or Twice a Week	1,709	168	180	1,360
TOBACCO
Past Month Tobacco⁴ Use	1,219	68	205	947
Past Month Cigarette Use	967	59	171	738
Perception of Great Risk of Smoking One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day	2,456	228	293	1,935
Based on 2000 Data Only:
PAST YEAR DEPENDENCE OR ABUSE⁵
Illicit Drug¹ Dependence	47	7	19	21
Illicit Drug¹ Dependence or Abuse	68	14	28	26
Alcohol Dependence	94	8	24	62
Alcohol Dependence or Abuse	197	22	58	116
Alcohol or Illicit Drug¹ Dependence or Abuse	231	32	69	131

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