NCJ Number
164372
Date Published
1993
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This report details the results achieved by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in curtailing and preventing drug abuse and trafficking through the elimination of the diversion of precursor and essential chemicals involved in drug processing.
Abstract
This strategy's premise is that clandestine manufacturers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other illicit drugs will be unable to produce these substances if they lack access to the necessary chemicals. The 1988 Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act (CDTA) has placed 33 chemicals under regulatory efforts. The DEA initiative has resulted in a significant decline in clandestine laboratory activity. More than 80 percent of the clandestine laboratories seized have produced methamphetamine. The CDTA has also affected the export of essential chemicals from the United States to Latin America. International efforts on this issue include the 1988 Vienna Convention and the establishment of a Chemical Action Task Force by the participants in the 1990 Group of Seven Houston economic summit. Future needs include the establishment of a comprehensive international operational framework working groups within the framework of the European Community. Figures