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Methamphetamine, particularly crystal meth (“ice”) produced in Mexico and imported into Nevada, is the main drug threat in the state. Further, cocaine, especially crack, is a substantial issue in the urban regions of Nevada. Because of its physical closeness to California and its porous border, Nevada is frequently a transshipment point for different drugs to the central and eastern sections of America.
Powder cocaine is moderately accessible in northern Nevada and is easily accessible in southern Nevada. Powder cocaine is shipped into Nevada mainly from California through ground transportation. Southern Nevada, particularly Las Vegas, is a transshipment point for powder cocaine with distribution points across the country. Crack is easily accessible in the urban regions of the state of Nevada. African American street gangs mainly dominate the distribution market for crack cocaine, basing their activities in low-cost motel rooms and apartments situated in the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of Nevada's larger cities.
In Nevada, Mexican black tar heroin continues to be the most common heroin available. There has been a growth of Mexican black tar heroin in the Clark County section of the Nevada HIDTA dominated by Mexican natives. Mexican poly-drug smuggling organizations dominate the heroin smuggling in Nevada. These smuggling organizations are still recruiting Mexican nationals to reside in the urban regions of Nevada to distribute heroin for the organization. User quantities of low purity black tar heroin continue to be easily accessible from these low-level suppliers and are most frequently distributed in open-air markets. Mexican Brown Heroin is moderately accessible in Clark County and Mexican natives dominate its distribution.
Meth is the most regularly found drug in Nevada and continues to be accessible in personal use and distribution amounts. Nevada is an area of importation and a transshipment area for meth. In Nevada, the manufacture of meth happens on a limited basis. The meth imported into Nevada is produced mainly in super labs by Mexican drug smuggling organizations operating in Mexico and California. Meth is shipped to Nevada mainly through ground transportation. In Nevada, organized Mexican poly-drug smuggling groups monopolize the large-scale meth trade. Mexican produced crystal meth is the most easily accessible in Nevada; however, purity levels have declined from 90-99 percent in 2005-2006 to 50-99 in 2008. Local meth manufacturing is still declining in small amounts, generally under one ounce per cook. Labs apprehended recently used the pseudoephedrine, red phosphorus, and iodine strategy to manufacture meth. In Nevada, the accessibility of club drugs ranges from intermittent in the northern urban regions to easily accessible in cities situated in the southern section of Nevada, especially Las Vegas. Club drugs, primarily MDMA, GHB, and LSD, are smuggled and abused at raves, and in local nightclubs and adult entertainment clubs. The smuggling of these substances ranges from hand-to-hand sales inside clubs or raves to bigger sales between out-of-town distributors and locals. Las Vegas is a point of importation and a transshipment point for Ecstasy. The majority of Ecstasy that goes through or is destined for Las Vegas is still derived mainly from southern California and New York. Asian drug smuggling organizations dominate a substantial quantity of Ecstasy distribution in Nevada. Ecstasy destined for Las Vegas derives mainly from southern California and the San Francisco region.
Nebraska
In Nebraska, methamphetamine is the main drug threat for law enforcement. Nebraska remains a transshipment state for Mexican meth with Interstate 80 facilitating easy west to east access across Nebraska. The state of Nebraska has over 165 poultry plants and 55,000 farms. The amount of Hispanic workers (legal and illegal) has almost tripled in the last decade and Hispanic children currently account for the biggest minority student population in Nebraska. This fast population increase has allowed members of drug trafficking organizations with connections to Mexico to more easily fuse into the community.
Cocaine is accessible in limited amounts in the Omaha metropolitan region. This is mainly because of consumers favoring meth. The available cocaine is attained mainly from sources in southwest border states. Cocaine distributors in Omaha are mainly Hispanics. They trade with African-American groups, who transform the cocaine to crack cocaine.
Heroin is accessible in limited quantities in the Omaha, Nebraska region, and is mainly attained from sources in Mexico. While not viewed as a drug of choice in Nebraska, some Hispanic smuggling organizations have heroin available for consumers to purchase.
Crystal meth or “ice” is easily accessible in Omaha and has become the favored type of meth. The accessibility of imported meth is consistent in all regions of Nebraska with the presence of local low-yield labs in the rural regions. Hispanic dominated smuggling organizations import meth into Nebraska mainly in automobiles. Although these organizations are more than happy to sell their product to non-Hispanic organizations or persons, domination of the product from production until it reaches consumers is generally maintained in the Hispanic community.
The popularity of club drugs remains a threat to law enforcement and to local communities. Users perceive these drugs as being "safe" to use. However, it has been proven that club drugs are just as dangerous as heroin and cocaine. Investigations reflect that organizations in Nebraska have been getting multi-hundred to thousand dosage units of Ecstasy from Texas, Florida, and Arizona. These club drugs are frequently encountered and used by individuals attending raves and nightclubs.
Marijuana is easily accessible in Nebraska’s major cities. The marijuana accessible in Nebraska includes marijuana from Mexico and from sources in Washington State, who may have attained their marijuana from grow operations in BC, Canada. Marijuana originating from Mexico is shipped to Nebraska through the El Paso, Texas; Nogales, Arizona; and southern California entry ports. Transportation strategies encompass all types of vehicles through the U.S. highway system and via the utilization of commercial transportation, including Greyhound buses and Amtrak. Smuggling organizations are mainly dominated by Hispanics. In Nebraska, PCP and LSD and are hardly found.
In Nebraska, the diversion of OxyContin, hydrocodone, and codeine-based cough syrups remain an issue. Diversion techniques include doctor shopping, and forged prescriptions. In Nebraska, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, anabolic steroids and illicitly diverted pharmaceuticals are abused to a significant degree than the more traditional drugs.
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