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In Missouri, Mexican poly-drug trafficking organizations dominate a great majority of the distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. Many different organizations with connections to Texas, Arizona and California are still smuggling in meth, cocaine and heroin. Further, small toxic meth labs are still encountered in Missouri. The shortage of cocaine in Missouri has resulted in a rise in the smuggling of other drugs, including marijuana and heroin.
Over the past two years, law enforcement in St. Louis cited a shortage of cocaine in their regions. This shortage has cause a rise in cost and a decline in purity. The cocaine encountered in Missouri normally derives from supply sources in Texas, Arizona, and California that are connected with Mexican international distribution organizations. The cocaine is transported to Missouri mainly in vehicles on the interstate highway. A lot of the cocaine is then transformed into crack and sold in the inner-city regions. While Hispanic smuggling organizations dominate the bulk distribution of cocaine, local distribution of crack is mainly dominated by small independent dealers or by street gangs, some with loose connections to national gangs.
In western Missouri, the accessibility of heroin continues to be very limited and the market is still being controlled by Mexican black tar and powdered heroin. Some highway interdictions of larger amounts of South American white heroin have happened during the past year. In each case, the heroin was destined for Chicago, Illinois.
Similar to heroin, the Missouri’s meth market differs substantially between the eastern and western halves of Missouri. The western half of Missouri is controlled by crystal “ice” meth, supplied by smuggling organizations out of Mexico, California, and southwest America, and is shipped to the area by the traditional highway transportation organizations. Although “ice” is typically recognized as being higher in purity, lower purity levels have been encountered in several exhibits. Notably, small toxic labs are still encountered in western Missouri. The amount of lab apprehensions in the western half of Missouri declined by 74 percent from 516 in 2004 to 136 in 2007.
Although crystal “ice” meth remains accessible in Eastern Missouri, the problem of local meth labs continues to be a top priority with local officials. Since 2006, law enforcement agencies have detected a resurgence in lab apprehensions. The state legislation restricting pseudoephedrine products sale has help to intercept local production throughout Missouri. Still, local lab operators manage to bypass the legislation, by utilizing friends and family to attain the appropriate ingredients by going from store to store, purchasing the maximum allowable amounts, and through theft of anhydrous ammonia—a key ingredient.
Ecstasy continues to be accessible in all areas of Missouri. Drugs such as Ecstasy and GHB are easily accessible in all kinds of dance clubs in the main cities, and around college campuses in Missouri. Local distributors obtain Ecstasy from supply sources in California, New York, Florida, Texas and Washington.
In Missouri, marijuana is prevalent. Mexican marijuana is imported from the southwest border into Missouri mainly on interstate highways in automobiles, commercial trucks, vans, horse trailers, rental trucks, and motor homes.
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