NCJ Number
164036
Date Published
1996
Length
99 pages
Annotation
This report assesses the worldwide illicit drug situation with respect to the cultivation, production, and distribution of illicit drugs; their impacts on the United States; and drug law enforcement efforts and results.
Abstract
The report covers cocaine, opiates, marijuana, the diversion of prescription drugs, illicitly manufactured drugs such as stimulants and hallucinogens, and the money laundering process and trends. The data came from Federal agencies with responsibilities for drug-related law enforcement, foreign and domestic policy, treatment, research, and intelligence. The analysis concludes that major changes in the illicit drug trade in 1995; many resulted from active drug law enforcement. Developments included the arrests of crucial leaders of the Cali Drug Mafia, the surrender of Khun Sa of the Shan United Army to Burmese central authorities, and arrests and extradition of major traffickers in southwest Asia. However, drug gangs in Mexico transported cocaine to the United States and produced heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine for the United States market. Couriers controlled by West African criminals and South American heroin suppliers were active in United States markets. Drug distribution was accompanied by increasing numbers of homicides and drug-related violence in major urban areas. Figures, tables, maps, and appended report on the Drug Enforcement Administration's 1995 Heroin Signature Program