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Drug Situation: The primary drug threat in Ohio
is powder and crack cocaine because the most violent crimes in the state are
attributed to its distribution and abuse. Also, the rising availability of
high-purity, low-cost heroin is creating a large user population with a greater
physical risk to users, who are younger than ever before.
In the northern Ohio region, South American and
Mexican black tar heroin are prevalent, while in the southern Ohio region,
Mexican black tar heroin is predominant.
Marijuana remains the most abused drug in the state.
Ohio is a source area for marijuana cultivation, as well as a distribution
point for Mexican marijuana from the southwest border.
Club drugs and MDMA (ecstasy) are also growing in
popularity in urban areas. Meanwhile, methamphetamine manufacturing and use are
increasing, but has not reached the levels of other states in the Midwest.
Ohio has also emerged as a base of operations for
pseudoephedrine trafficking cells controlled by Middle Easterners. The
traffickers coordinate the transshipment of pseudoephedrine to methamphetamine
"super labs" in California. |
