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North Carolina Drug Alcohol Addiction Recovery and Treatment Programs and Centers
North Carolina is viewed as a secondary regional distribution hub for the majority of illegal drugs. There is a direct connection between the elevation in drug smuggling and the overflow of illegal aliens and foreign nationals into North Carolina. This reality is helped by the expansive highway and interstate system that binds North Carolina to northern Georgia and other states along the Eastern Seaboard. North Carolina has one of the speediest rising populations, making it the 10th most populated state in America. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population at almost 9.1 million in 2007 and predicted that by 2025 North Carolina will have 11.4 million residents, making it the 8th biggest state in the country.
One of the contributors causing the population increase is the rate of migration of Spanish-speaking, particularly Mexican, natives to North Carolina. The Mexican population had historically been a migrant population that toiled in the agriculture-based sectors. Now it is a permanent portion of the population, taking advantage of the numerous job opportunities available in North Carolina. Though the majority of immigrants themselves are not associated with drug smuggling their presence facilitate Mexican drug smuggling organizations to hide their presence and operations within immigrant communities in many North Carolina counties, regularly conducting local shipments to mid-scale Caucasian and African-American distributors, plus to out-of-state distributors. Several of the Mexican drug smuggling organizations are poly- drug distributors of powder cocaine, crystal meth (“Ice), marijuana, and heroin.
Mexican smugglers and Mexican drug smuggling organizations are still playing an evolving dominant role in the importation and distribution of illicit drugs within the state of North Carolina. Mexican poly-drug organizations are the biggest foreign threat in North Carolina, mainly smuggling in cocaine, meth, marijuana, and heroin.
Marijuana is one of the most commonly abused drugs in the state of North Carolina. Outdoor marijuana harvesting is frequent in North Carolina. Recently, many thousand marijuana plants were apprehended on public land located in McDowell County. In the Charlotte metropolitan region, there is a local favoring for Canadian, Sinsemilla, and exotic hydroponic strains over Mexican and local outdoor varieties of marijuana. During the past six years, authorities have seen shifts in local outdoor and indoor marijuana harvesting in North Carolina, corroborating the market shift. Marijuana is smuggled though the United States Postal Service, express mail and air freight mediums, plus by traditional land conveyances.
According to recent intelligence, powder cocaine is less accessible in North Carolina than it has been in prior years. Though apprehensions for 2008 grew, there was a considerable decrease in accessibility starting in July 2008. This phenomenon is because of the blended efforts of local and international law enforcement entities intercepting the cocaine movement through Mexico into America. Because it has become increasingly tough to ship cocaine into America, some smugglers are replenishing their income by selling other drugs including marijuana, Ecstasy and prescription drugs.
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