Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana and Beyond...
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Drug Trends and Trafficking
in Montana and
Beyond
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
Travis BirneySpecial Agent
Billings Resident [email protected]
Office: 406-655-2914Cell: 406-208-9242
Drug Trends and Trafficking in the United States
Drug Trends and Trafficking in the United States
Primary drug threats in Montana
- Methamphetamine
Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana
METHAMPHETAMINE
METHAMPHETAMINE
METHAMPHETAMINE
METHAMPHETAMINE
Nationwide Methamphetamine Seizures
Nationwide Psychostimulants with Abuse Potential Drug Poisoning Deaths, 2005 – 2015*
METHAMPHETAMINE
National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control
*All psychostimulant-caused deaths; however 85-90% are attributed to methamphetamine
Primary drug threats in Montana
- Heroin, Heroin/Fentanyl
Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana
White Powder
Black Tar &Brown Powder
The retail heroin market in the United States has historically been divided down the center, with eastern markets being supplied with white powder heroin (which is actually off-white, beige, or grey), and the western markets supplied by Mexican black tar or brown powder heroin.
Types of Heroin Available Geographically
Heroin
Painkiller abusers, when faced with difficulty in obtaining diverted pharmaceuticals, often switch to heroin.
Heroin Threat in the DEA Field Divisions
HEROIN
Age-adjusted drug overdose death rates, by opioid category: United States, 1999–2016
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
Heroin
Year Number of Deaths1999 1,9602000 1,8422001 1,7792002 2,0892003 2,0802004 1,8782005 2,0092006 2,0882007 2,3992008 3,0412009 3,2782010 3,0362011 4,3972012 5,9252013 8,2572014 10,5742015 12,9892016 15,469
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
HEROIN – Nationwide Deaths 1999 to 2016
FENTANYL MixturesLethal Dose: 2 mg of Fentanyl
Tablets containing Heroin & Fentanyl
Seized Powder Heroin & Fentanyl
Lethal Dose:HEROIN
Lethal Dose:FENTANYL
Lethal Dose:CARFENTANIL
FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS
FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS
Age-adjusted drug overdose death rates, by opioid category: United States, 1999–2016
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
Synthetic Opioids other than methadone
FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS
FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS
Fentanyl in Combination with other Drugs
Primary drug threats in Montana
- Heroin, Heroin/Fentanyl
Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana
Paraphernalia
Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana
Primary drug threats in Montana
- Pharmaceutical Opioids
Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana
Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs)
Suspected Opioid Overdoses by Region 3rd Qtr 2016 to 3rd Qtr 2017
Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs)
Age-adjusted drug overdose death rates, by opioid category: United States
1999–2016
Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics
Natural and Semisynthetic Opioids
Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs)
(Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, Etc.)
COCAINE
Rare in Montana
COCAINEColombian Cocaine Production,
2007- 2016
Cocaine, 10,619
COCAINE
Primary drug threats in Montana
- Marijuana
Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana
Primary drug threats in Montana - Marijuana
Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana
MARIJUANA
The Creep of Legalization
Domestic Production
State-approved producers Illicit producers Large-scale and small-scale U.S. citizens and foreigners West Coast dominates, however production
is found in all 50 states Indoor and outdoor cultivation
Marijuana Trafficking and U.S. Marijuana Markets
Foreign Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean
Domestic West Coast to East Coast
Three Markets 1. Illicit 2. State-approved medical 3. State-approved personal use/recreational
Marijuana Concentrates and Extraction Labs
Source: DEA
How it Gets Here
Going through Montana to somewhere else…
How it Gets Here
Use of Dark Web to obtain drugsHow it Gets Here
What if I find it?Personal Safety