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Hawaii Drug Alcohol Addiction Recovery and Treatment Programs and Centers
Hawaii encompasses eight major islands and a 1,500-mile chain of islets, which covers 6,422.6 square miles in the North Central Pacific Ocean. There are approximately 1.2 million people living in Hawaii—the largest ethnic variation than any other state. Virtually all of the illicit drugs that are accessible on the mainland can also be encountered in the islands, with crystal methamphetamine (ice), marijuana, powder cocaine, crack, heroin, and predatory drugs being the main threats in Hawaii. The Honolulu District Office (HDO—part of the Los Angeles Field Division—is situated 2,500 miles from the continental America. The HDO has an Area of Responsibility (AOR) that envelops Hawaii, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and American Samoa.
Most of the drugs are shipped into the HDO area of responsibility by aircraft passengers or via the use of shipping companies such as UPS, and the U.S. postal service. On six of its eight islands, Hawaii has many airports and airfields. The biggest airport in Hawaii is the Honolulu International Airport on Oahu. Yearly, more than seven million people visit the Islands. Most of the incoming flights come from the U.S. mainland, Canada, and Asia..
In Hawaii, powder cocaine remains popular and easily accessible. It is frequently used along with other drugs such as heroin and marijuana. In Hawaii, the drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) smuggling cocaine are generally Mexican, Samoan, and African American. Several of the DTOs have connections to California, Nevada, and Mexico. The local and Pacific Islander organizations receive their supply from Mexican DTOs. To a smaller degree, Asian DTOs are also smuggling in cocaine. Cocaine is trafficked to the islands through local airports, postal services, and inter-island shipping lanes. Apprehended cocaine is normally hidden in vacuumed sealed food bags, and fibrous paper type bags strongly taped with clear tape or other forms of nonmetallic tapes. In Guam, gram and ounce amounts of cocaine are wrapped in small, plastic bags. Kilogram amounts are enclosed in latex rubber and sealed in packing tape.
In the state of Hawaii, the majority of the heroin apprehended is black tar heroin. The Honolulu International Airport (HIA) remains the main entry point for heroin smuggled into the state. Most of the heroin apprehended is body carried into the islands from Los Angeles by Mexican organizations and sold throughout Hawaii by a close-knit unit of distributors. Further, black tar heroin is trafficked from Mexico through body couriers on commercial aircraft and through mailed parcels. Mexican organizations distribute wholesale amounts of black tar heroin to local DTOs and independent distributors. Heroin is accessible to users from street dealers, in illicit gambling establishments, and in Honolulu’s Downtown, Waikiki, and Chinatown regions. However, the primary drug of choice in Hawaii is crystal meth (ice) with powder meth being transformed into ice before it is sold.
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