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Washington Drug Alcohol Addiction Recovery and Treatment Programs and Centers
The state of Washington shares a border with Canada, and is considered a transshipment point for drugs and monies going into Canada, plus Canadian marijuana (BC Bud), Ecstasy and other drugs entering America. Canadian criminal organizations have utilized profits from the sale of high-potency Canadian marijuana to buy cocaine to redistribute in Canada. Especially, Vietnamese organized crime groups and Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, including the Hell’s Angels are under suspicion for large-scale involvement in this operation.
Crystal meth is frequently accessible in Washington and distributed by Mexican drug smuggling organizations. The larger Yakima Valley is home to large-scale drug smuggling organizations that handle the distribution of drugs throughout America. Money laundering and wholesale cash trafficking are further threats in Washington, with organizations participating in various strategies to legitimize and reposition illegal proceeds.
Cocaine and crack cocaine are easily accessible. Crack cocaine is most common in low income, urban regions. Bulk amounts of powder cocaine are mainly dominated by Mexican drug organizations. These organizations, with links to large-scale smugglers in California and Mexico, are the major groups handling the cocaine routed for Washington. Cocaine is used in Washington and trafficked into Canada for redistribution.
The most frequent form of heroin found in Washington is Mexican black tar heroin. Mexican drug smuggling organizations, which also smuggle methamphetamine and cocaine, continue to be the main source for black tar heroin in Washington. Black tar heroin is Mexican-produced and shipped from distribution cities in southern California straight to western and eastern Washington.
In Washington, meth is a frequently abused drug and one that affects all community levels. Crystal meth (also known as “ice”), which controls the market as the favored type of meth, is easily accessible throughout Washington. Mexican drug smuggling organizations are mainly in control of the importation and distribution of meth in Washington, the majority of which is now Mexican-produced. Clandestine meth lab operation within Washington has declined over the years. This is possibly and partially because of state and federal legislation, which has hindered availability of chemicals, including pseudoephedrine.
Ecstasy is trafficked into Washington mainly from Canada. Growing wholesale shipment incidents cited at the American/Canadian border show the consistent popularity of Ecstasy, and the efforts of drug smuggling organizations to use Washington as a transshipment point for Ecstasy loads routed for Seattle and many U.S. locations. The manufacture of Ecstasy within Canada has climbed, and Ecstasy lab operation has been found in Washington. Drugs such as GHB, LSD, and 5-MeO-DIPT (street name Foxy) have been encountered on a smaller scale.
Marijuana is easily accessible throughout Washington. Three forms are normally found: domestically grown, Canadian BC Bud, and Mexican marijuana. Of these variations, domestically grown sinsemilla and BC Bud are favored due to their higher THC level. BC Bud marijuana is accessible in Washington, especially in the bigger metropolitan regions, which is a main transshipment point for BC Bud distributed throughout America. The outdoor harvesting of marijuana by Mexican nationals on independent land, state and federal forestlands, and parks is growing.
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