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Minnesota Drug Alcohol Addiction Recovery and Treatment Programs and Centers
Mexican traffickers dominate the shipment, distribution, and wholesale cocaine sales, marijuana, methamphetamine, and black-tar heroin in Minnesota. Several Mexican groups and street gangs including the Latin Kings are operating in Minnesota. Generally, the upper echelon Mexican distributors in the state of Minnesota ship most of their proceeds in bulk quantities to Mexico. On the retail scale, independent African American smugglers, African-American street gangs, Native American gangs, and independent Caucasian groups buy cocaine, black-tar heroin, and marijuana from Mexican smugglers. In outlying areas of Minnesota, independent Caucasian groups and outlaw motorcycle gangs sell meth in limited quantities. Over the past few years, street gang activity in Minnesota has risen drastically. African American gangs seem to be mainly involved in distributing crack cocaine.
In Minnesota, most of the cocaine that is accessible is bought from supply sources in California, Chicago, and Detroit. Some smugglers attain cocaine straight from sources along the southwest border at reduced costs and ship the cocaine to Minnesota single-handedly. Mexican smugglers dominate the shipment, distribution, and wholesale sales of cocaine. On a retail scale, independent African American smugglers, African American street gangs such as the Gangster Disciples, the Vice Lords, and Crips, Hispanic street gangs such as the Latin Kings, Native American groups such as the Native Mob, and independent Caucasian groups buy cocaine from Mexican smugglers and distribute it throughout the state of Minnesota. In the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, Independent African American smugglers and African American street gangs dominate crack cocaine.
In Minnesota, heroin distribution and use have not caused substantial issues. However, recent reports suggest there has been a rise in heroin use, particularly in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. At the bulk level, supply sources include Mexican traffickers operating from the southwest border and from Chicago, West African smugglers operating from Chicago and New York, and African American street gangs with connections to Chicago. On a retail scale, Hispanic and African American gangs are the main distributors of heroin.
In Minnesota, the meth threat is a two-pronged issue. Large amounts of meth produced by Mexican organizations based in Mexico and operating in Texas, California, Arizona, and Washington are shipped into and distributed in the state of Minnesota. These smugglers generally transport meth in 10-20 pound shipments through different types of transportation, such as commercial vehicles, passenger bus-lines, and private land vehicles. Law enforcement has also determined that smaller quantities are being shipped via the U.S. mail or Fed-ex. Further, meth is being produced in small, toxic labs that have the ability to produce only a few ounces at a time.
Club drugs, such as Ecstasy, Ketamine, GHB, GBL, Rohypnol, LSD, PCP, and, to a smaller degree, psilocybin mushrooms, have been found in the state of Minnesota. Club drugs are most common in Minneapolis' homosexual population, and to a smaller degree, among young suburban individuals at raves and nightclubs.
According to public health officials, marijuana continues to be the most easily accessible and frequently used drug in the state of Minnesota. The importation of wholesale marijuana shipments into Minnesota is dominated by Mexican drug smuggling organizations. On a retail scale, Hispanic street gangs are the main marijuana distributors.
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