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Massachusetts Drug Alcohol Addiction Recovery and Treatment Programs and Centers
In Massachusetts, cocaine and heroin remain the main drugs of abuse. Colombian and Dominican traffickers control the distribution throughout Massachusetts. OxyContin continues to be very popular and has been detected as a “gateway drug” to heroin use.
Cocaine is easily accessible in gram to kilogram quantities throughout Massachusetts. New York had been the main source point, but investigative efforts confirm a rise in shipment of the drug straight from the Mexican-United States border, and Florida and Georgia. Cocaine is shipped in multi-kilogram amounts through commercial transit, tractor trailers, and vehicles equipped with concealed compartments. Further, it is imported through mail services, commercial transit and other delivery services.
Importers originate from Colombia and Dominica, in conjunction with the emergence of Mexican drug smuggling organizations importing cocaine into the area. The drug’s retail distribution is still present among all ethnic groups. Cocaine prices and purity levels continue to be consistent. Crack cocaine is transformed locally and/or attained from New York, Florida and Puerto Rico. African-American offenders and street gang members are still dominating crack’s distribution. Abuse remains common and crack remains the drug of choice in Boston city limits.
Throughout Massachusetts, heroin is easily accessible in gram to kilogram amounts. Traditionally, New York had been the main source point, with the drug traveling by interstate highway through publicly and privately operated vehicles equipped with concealed compartments. The main suppliers are from Colombia and Dominica, with retail distribution occurring among all ethnic groups. Heroin distribution and use remain throughout Massachusetts. While costs have stayed low at the wholesale and retail level, heroin purity levels have begun to change with very high and low purity levels found at the street level. Abuse remains widespread.
Methamphetamine is available in small amounts and is shipped through express mail packages from California and southwestern America. Recent apprehensions show the availability of crystal meth in Massachusetts. Meth is hardly abused throughout Massachusetts, but is common among young adults between ages 18 to 25, homosexuals, and every now and then, it is abused by individuals in their late 30s to early 40s.
In Massachusetts, MDMA is easily accessible and in substantial amounts. MDMA is encountered at raves, legitimate nightclubs, on college campuses, and among members of the homosexual community. Presently, MDMA is mainly shipped into New England through the New York-Vermont border with rising involvement by Asian drug smuggling organizations. There is not much abuse of club drugs such as GHB and Ketamine.
Marijuana remains easily accessible in all areas of Massachusetts with most of the commercial-grade product originating in Mexico or the Southwest region of America. Still, marijuana from both Colombia and Jamaica has been found. Hydroponic marijuana (harvested mainly in Canada) also remains accessible. Personal use amounts of hashish still enter Boston on flights coming from the Netherlands, and other source countries. Most of the marijuana is imported from the southwest border through aircraft, automobiles, and delivery services.
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