Drug Definitions

Cocaine: Powdered cocaine is readily available throughout the state, and crack cocaine is primarily available within the urban areas. Most of the heavily populated areas continue to experience shootings and other acts of violence over drug debts. Mexican trafficking organizations distribute cocaine to Caucasian, African American, and other Hispanic groups.

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Heroin: Heroin is not readily available in central and southern Indiana. In northern Indiana, Southeast Asian white heroin has decreased and has been replaced by Mexican brown and black tar heroin. Heroin abusers range in age from teenagers to older adults. Hispanic trafficking organizations transport and distribute Mexican heroin.

Methamphetamine: The influx of methamphetamine into Indiana has increased from year to year. Mexican trafficking organizations are transporting from 15 to 25 pounds at a time with a purity level ranging from 25 to 85 percent. The Mexican organizations are noted for cutting the product two or three times before distribution. The product is manufactured in Mexico or the southwestern states and transported into Indiana. The local methamphetamine distributors operating small toxic labs sell a better quality product with a purity of 30 to 40 percent, but do not produce large enough quantities to support wholesale distribution. The small individual operations of independent entrepreneurs produce enough methamphetamine for their own use and that of their friends. They may also sell small amounts. These small toxic labs, usually constructed in barns or residential homes, do not produce enough for retail distribution.

Club Drugs: The abuse of club drugs such as Ecstasy (MDMA), GHB, Ketamine, and LSD is not a significant problem, and for the most part, has remained stable. There have been small seizures of 20 to 30 pill quantities. The MDMA is produced in foreign countries and smuggled into port cities of the United Stated and eventually to Indiana. There has been a slight increase in liquid PCP.

Marijuana: Marijuana abuse remains a significant problem within Indiana. Marijuana produced in Mexico is transported and distributed by Mexican organizations. Transportation is usually by tractor-trailers in multi-hundred pound quantities. Locally produced marijuana is cultivated throughout Indiana at indoor and outdoor grow sites. The outdoor sites are usually located in farm fields, wooded areas, National Forests, public lands, or near riverbanks. Indoor grows are located in private residences or large barn-type building on private land. As a result of DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication / Suppression Program, the Indiana State Police eradicated 220,000,000 plants growing wild in northern Indiana.

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