[2015 Drug Threat Assessment  Continued from Part 91 Appendix AMAPS]

2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Drug Statistic Tables

The US Drug Enforcement Administration 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is a comprehensive report of the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs, the nonmedical use of CPDs, [Controlled Prescription Drugs] , money laundering, TCOs [Transnational Criminal Organization] , gangs , smuggling, seizures, investigations, arrests, drug purity or potency, and drug prices, in order to provide the most accurate data possible to policymakers, law enforcement authorities, and intelligence officials.

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Part 92 United States Drug Enforcement Administration  Releases 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary  Statistic Tables Acronym Glossary, and Abbreviations used in Parts 77-92. Cocaine Crack Cocaine  Methamphetamine Heroin Marijuana CPDs: Darvocet, Darvon, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), hydrocodone (Vicodin), lorazepam (Ativan), morphine, oxycodone (Percodan/Percocet,OxyContin/Lortab), oxycodone extended release, oxytocin, diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax).

(U) Table B1. Percentage of 2015 NDTS Respondents Reporting Greatest Drug Threat,

by Drug, by Region

OCDETF Region Powder Cocaine Crack Cocaine

Methamphetamine Heroin Marijuana CPDs Florida/Caribbean 6.8 21.6 33.0 7.5 13.4 8.2

Great Lakes 0.2 1.5 13.8 67.4 3.4 13.4

Mid-Atlantic0.0 5.4 3.9 74.7 0.2 15.8

New England 0.0 0.9 0.5 63.4 13.9 21.3

New York/New Jersey 0.0 0.9 11.7 48.4 15.4 23.3

Pacific 3.0 0.2 55.4 33.4 1.8 5.8

Southeast 0.5 15.1 41.0 10.9 4.8 25.6

Southwest 5.9 10.8 69.7 4.3 7.2 1.6

West Central 1.2 1.0 66.5 15.5 5.5 9.3

Nationwide 1.4 5.8 33.0 37.6 6.2 14.9

Source: 2015 National Drug Threat Survey

(U) Table B2. Trends in Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Drug Use Among Persons Aged 12 or Older, 2009 – 2013

Lifetime Use             2009                         2010             2011                        2012                        2013

Cocaine (any form)                   36,742,000 37,361,000 36,921,000 37,688,000 37,634,000

Crack                                                       8,390,000 9,208,000 8,214,000 9,015,000 8,870,000

Heroin                                                       3,683,000 4,144,000 4,162,000 4,565,000 4,812,000

Marijuana                                     104,950,000 106,613,000 107,842,000 111,239,000 114,712,000

Methamphetamine                   12,908,000 13,060,000 11,928,000 12,259,000 12,257,000

MDMA                                                       14,280,000 15,929,000 14,570,000 16,162,000 17,815,000

Prescription Psychotherapeutics 51,991,000 51,832,000 51,243,000 54,389,000 53,172,000

Non-medical Prescription Pain Relievers 35,197,000 34,908,000 34,247,000 37,045,000 35,473,000

PCP                                     6,271,000 6,255,000 6,103,000 6,552,000 6,462,000

Past Year Use 2009          2010         2011         2012         2013

Cocaine (any form)                   4,806,000 4,533,000 3,857,000 4,671,000 4,182,000

Crack                                                       1,008,000 885,000 625,000 921,000 632,000

Heroin                                                       605,000 621,000 620,000 669,000 681,000

Marijuana                                     28,688,000 29,301,000 29,739,000 31,513,000 32,952,000

Methamphetamine                   1,167,000 959,000 1,033,000 1,155,000 1,186,000

MDMA                                                       2,804,000 2,653,000 2,422,000 2,610,000 2,588,000

Prescription Psychotherapeutics 16,064,000 16,051,000 14,657,000 16,666,000 15,348,000

Non-medical Prescription Pain Relievers  12,450,000 12,242,000 11,143,000 12,489,000 11,082,000

PCP                                                       125,000 96,000 119,000 172,000 90,000

PAST Month Use 2009          2010          2011         2012          2013

Cocaine (any form)                   1,637,000 1,466,000 1,369,000 1,650,000 1,549,000

Crack                                                        497,000 378,000 228,000 443,000 377,000

Heroin                                                        193,000 239,000 281,000 335,000 289,000

Marijuana                                      16,826,000 17,409,000 18,071,000 18,855,000 19,810,000

Methamphetamine                   502,000 353,000 439,000 440,000 595,000

MDMA                                     763,000 691,000 544,000 628,000 660,000

Prescription Psychotherapeutics  6,980,000 6,957,000 6,119,000 6,831,000 6,484,000

Non-medical Prescription Pain Relievers 5,257,000                  5,100,000                  4,471,000                  4,862,000                  4,521,000

PCP

Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health

(U) Table B3. Admissions to Publicly Licensed Treatment Facilities, by Primary Substance, CY2008 – CY2012

Cocaine                   237,648 192,370 158,478 151,930 121,065

Heroin                   281,410 286,959 266,048 283,092 285,451

Marijuana          355,346 370,373 357,592 352,428 305,560

Methamphetamine 128,954 118,644 118,212 116,671 124,227

Non-Heroin Opiates/Synthetic* 124,407 145,502 167,626 194,583 169,868

* These drugs include codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, meperidine, morphine, opium, oxycodone, pentazocine, propoxyphene, tramadol, and any other drug with morphine-like effects. Non-presecription use of methadone is not included.

Note: Tennessee included heroin admissions in other opiates through June 2009. In this report, Tennessee’s 2009 heroin admissions are still included in the other opiates category since there is less than a full year of disaggregated heroin data.

(U) Table B4. Adolescent Trends in Percentage of Past Year Drug Use 2011–2014

Cocaine (any form)

8th Grade 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0          10th Grade 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.5          12th Grade 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6

Crack

8th Grade 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.7          10th Grade 0.9 0.8 0.8 [0.5]          12th Grade 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1

Heroin

8th Grade 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5          10th Grade 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5          12th Grade 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Marijuana

8th Grade 12.5 11.4 12.7 11.7          10th Grade 28.8 28.0 29.8 [27.3]

12th Grade 36.4 36.4 36.4 35.1

Methamphetamine

8th Grade 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.6          10th Grade 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.8          12th Grade 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.0

MDMA

8th Grade [1.7] [1.1] 1.1 0.9          10th Grade 4.5 [3.0] 3.6 [2.3]

12th Grade 5.3 3.8 4.0 3.6

Prescription Narcotics

8th Grade          10th Grade          12th Grade 15.2 14.8 15.0 [13.9]

Synthetic Marijuana

8th Grade .4 4.0 3.3          10th Grade .8 5.4 [5.4]          12th Grade 1.3 [7.9] [5.8]

Bath Salts

8th Grade .8 1.0 [0.5]          10th Grade .6 0.9 0.9          12th Grade .3 0.9 0.

Note: Data in brackets indicate statistically significant change from the previous year             Source: Monitoring the Future Survey

(U) Table B5. 2015 NDTS Respondents Reporting High Diversion and Use of Prescription Narcotics, by Region (Percentage)

(U) Table B5. 2015 NDTS Respondents Reporting High Diversion and Use of Prescription Narcotics, by Region (Percentage)

Florida/Caribbean  52.3 44.8 59.2 47.2

Great Lakes 52.3 44.8 59.2 47.2

Mid-Atlantic         56.1 52.6 69.7 60.1

New England          62.3 52.4 72.8 58.3

New York/New Jersey         43.5 44.2 40.7 47.3

Pacific                  42.9 44.9 50.1 56.4

Southeast                   42.9 44.9 50.1 56.4

Southwest                  42.9 44.9 50.1 56.4

West Central          52.2 52.4 66.0 62.2

Nationwide         52.4 53.3 61.6 60.9

(U) Table B6. Percentage of 2015 NDTS Respondents Reporting Drug That Contributes to Violent Crime, by Region (Percentage)

Crack Cocaine

Powder Cocaine

OCDETF Region Methamphetamine Heroin Marijuana PDs

Florida/Caribbean 9.7 36.3 20.8 1.2 2.4 7.5

Great Lakes 0.5 12.2 18.0 35.6 8.2 10.1

Mid-Atlantic 2.6 17.9 14.4 42.3 5.7 5.9

New England 1.6 4.7 0.5 46.7 8.9 16.5

New York/New 0.4 7.7 11.4 36.4 3.9 20.1

Jersey 0.2 3.4 81.0 6.4 5.5 1.0

Pacific 5.1 24.2 44.6 5.1 3.4 7.2

Southeast 1.0 13.7 73.7 1.6 3.4 3.9

Southwest 1.2 2.8 72.2 5.9 7.6 4.8

West Central  2.1 13.2 38.2 20.5 5.8 8.4

Nationwide

Note: Not all respondents answered this question, therefore totals for each region may not equal 100 percent.

Source: 2015 National Drug Threat Survey

Source: 2015 National Drug Threat Survey

(U) Table B8. Percentage of National Drug ThreatSurvey RespondentsReporting Nationwide High Availability, by Drug, CY2013 – CY2015

2013 2014 2015

Powder Cocaine

Crack Cocaine

Methamphetamine

Heroin

Marijuana

Controlled Prescription Drugs

MDMA

SyntheticCathinones

SyntheticCannabinoids

22.9 18.1 14.9

24.1 23.6 19.7

39.5 40.6 42.2

30.3 34.0 38.4

88.2 80.0 79.8

75.4 63.2 56.7

* 8.8 7.3

* 11.9 6.7

* 18.1 13.9

Source: National Drug Threat Survey

* Information Not Available

(U) Table B9. 2015 NDTS Respondents Reporting High Availability, By Drug, by Region (Percentage)

SyntheticCannabinoids

SyntheticCathinones

Powder Cocaine

Crack Cocaine

Controlled Prescription Drugs

OCDETFRegion

MDMA

Marijuana

Methamphetamine

Heroin

Florida/Caribbean

Great Lakes

Mid-Atlantic

New England

New York/New Jersey

Pacific

Southeast

Southwest

West Central

Nationwide

38.1 48.7 31.4 14.3 85.4 43.1 3.6 8.8 18.0

9.8 16.1 26.9 50.0 79.8 55.6 5.5 9.8 2.3

12.9 22.9 10.9 64.6 75.9 58.6 8.9 11.2 2.9

18.2 16.2 0.4 67.2 89.4 49.7 9.9 10.0 4.4

13.3 21.3 12.0 40.3 55.7 42.6 1.2 5.5 13.1

8.0 6.7 74.1 47.8 93.7 49.8 9.1 16.7 8.0

16.3 25.5 53.0 21.2 75.7 59.2 2.9 9.4 11.6

27.8 29.1 86.6 23.5 85.2 70.2 16.9 40.0 11.8

7.7 5.6 67.4 23.7 86.0 65.8 5.0 14.0 2.3

14.9 19.7 42.2 38.4 79.8 56.7 6.7 13.9 7.3

Source: 2015 National Drug Threat Survey

(U) Table B10. 2015 NDTS Respondents Reporting Marijuana Production, by Region (Percentage)

OCDETFRegion

Indoors

Hydroponic

Outdoors

Not Cultivated

66.4 43.5 50.7 7.1

83.4 56.4 49.3 3.0

66.9 54.7 29.0 5.5

79.3 76.9 55.2 2.0

37.6 25.3 8.1 45.9

79.4 70.6 68.8 0.0

59.8 70.5 30.2 9.1

63.7 58.7 38.9 13.9

70.7 51.0 42.4 8.7

68.4 57.8 40.3 10.1

Florida/Caribbean

Great Lakes

Mid-Atlantic

New England

New York/New Jersey

Pacific

Southeast

Southwest

West Central

Nationwide

(U) Table B11. National Seizure System Drug Seizures, 2010 – 2014

Pharmaceuticals (dosage units)1 1,165,402.6 1,386,680.3 878,730.3 584,690.8 1,447,633.1

Heroin (kilograms)2 2,763.3 3,732.5 4,390.5 4,502.2 5,013.8

Methamphetamine (kilograms)3 11,203.7 21,405.1 26,137.6 23,332.9 22,993.7

Cocaine (kilograms) 56,449.9 76,956.1 58,954.2 51,989.2 40,591.7

Marijuana (kilograms) 2,331,137.6 2,201,497.5 1,917,109.2 1,731,447.3 1,198,259.7

Synthetics (dosage units)4 0.0 1,253.0 387,011.5 197,088.0 9,147.0

Synthetics (kilograms)4 226.5 4,038.2 54,088.1 24,171.5 12,718.5

MDMA, Ecstasy(dosage units) 3,067,635.9 2,282,573.8 534,299.4 501,739.6 168,916.6

MDMA, Ecstasy(kilograms) 1,485.9 592.4 428.1 923.1 1,307.1

PCP, Phencyclidine (kilograms) 168.5 88.2 91.4 47.3 225.2

PCP, Phencyclidine (milliliters) 1,012,387.7 669,779.6 924,418.6 0.0 665,363.7

1 Pharmaceuticals include: Darvocet, Darvon, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), hydrocodone (Vicodin), lorazepam (Ativan), morphine, oxycodone (Percodan/Percocet,OxyContin/Lortab), oxycodone extended release, oxytocin, diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax).

2 Heroin includes: Southeast Asian, Southwest Asian, Mexican Black Tar, Mexican Brown Powder, South American, and type unknown.

3 Methamphetamine includes: methamphetamine crystal, methamphetamine ice, methamphetamine powder.

4 Synthetics include: cannabinoids (Spice, K-2, Genie), phenethylamine, cathinones.

Note: The information reported to NSS by contributing agencies may not necessarily reflect total seizures nationwide.

Appendix C: Acronym Glossary

AAPCC American Association of Poison Control Centers

AB Aryan Brotherhood (gang)

ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AML Anti-money laundering

AMW “Alleged Mexican White”

AOR Area of responsibility

ATF US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

AUC United Self-Defense Groups

BA Barrio Azteca (gang)

BACRIM Bandas Criminales

BGD Black Gangster Disciples (gang)

BGF Black Guerilla Family (gang)

BHO Butane Honey Oil

BIA US Bureau of Indian Affairs

BLO Beltran-Leyva Organization

BMPE Black Market Peso Exchange

BSA Bank Secrecy Act

BZP N-benzylpiperazine

CAMP Campaign Against Marijuana Planting

CBD Cannabidiol

CBP US Customs and Border Protection

CCDB Consolidated Counterdrug Database

CDC Centers for Disease Control

CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife

CDG Gulf Cartel (Cartel de Golfo)

CJNG Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

CO Country Office

CONUS Continental United States

CPD Controlled Prescription Drugs

CPOT Consolidated Priority Organization Target

CSA Controlled Substances Act

CSP Cocaine Signature Program

CTR Currency Transaction Report

CY Calendar Year

DCE/SP Domestic Cannabis Eradication and Suppression Program

DEA US Drug Enforcement Administration

DEC-TAC California Drug Endangered Children Training and Advocacy Center

DPHSS Department of Health and Social Services (Guam)

E-FORCSE Electronic-Florida Online Reporting of Controlled Substances Evaluation

Eme California Mexican Mafia (gang)130

Emi Texas Mexican Mafia (gang)

EPIC El Paso Intelligence Center

FARC-EP Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army

FBI US Federal Bureau of Investigation

FD Field Division

FDA US Food and Drug Administration

FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

FY Fiscal Year

HCP Hydrocodone Combination Products

HDMP Heroin Domestic Monitor Program

HHS US Health and Human Services

HIDTA High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

HSP Heroin Signature Program

IA Indian Affairs

ICE US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

JFK John F. Kennedy (International Airport)

LCT Los Cabelleros Templarios

LFM La Familia Michoacána

LLC Limited Liability Company

LSD Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

MDMA 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Methylene dioxy meth amphetamine frequently referred to as Ecstasy)

ME Medical Examiner

MMP Mo Ming Pi (gang)

MPP Methamphetamine Profiling Program

MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha

MSB Money Service Business

MTF Monitoring the Future Survey

NDTA National Drug Threat Assessment

NDTS National Drug Threat Survey

NF Nuestra Familia (gang)

NFLIS National Forensic Laboratory Information System

NGIC National Gang Intelligence Center

NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health

NSS National Seizure System

OCDETF Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force

OMG Outlaw Motorcycle Gang

ONDCP Office of National Drug Control Policy

OSII US Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information (ATF)

PCP Phencyclidine

PD Police Department

PDMP Prescription Drug Monitoring Program 131

PEACE Prevention Education and Community Empowerment (Guam)

PGR Procuraduría General de la Republica (Mexico Attorney General’s Office)

PMP Potency Monitoring Program

POE Port of Entry

PR Puerto Rico

RO Resident Office

ROIC Regional Operations Intelligence Center (New Jersey)

SEA Southeast Asia

SEMAR Secretaría de Marina-Armada de México (Mexican Marines)

SFL1 DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory

SFO San Francisco International Airport

SWA Southwest Asian (heroin)

TB Tango Blast (gang)

TBML Trade-Based Money Laundering

TCO Transnational Criminal Organization

TEDS Treatment Episode Data Set

TFMPP Trifluoromethylpiperazine

THC Tetrahydrocannabinol

TMM Texas Mexican Mafia (gang)

TS Texas Syndicate (gang)

TTF Tunnel Task Force

UAS Unmanned Aerial System

USBP US Border Patrol

USC US Currency

USCG US Coast Guard

USPIS US Postal Inspection Service

USPS US Postal Service

USVI US Virgin Islands

Appendix D: Scope and Methodology

The 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is a comprehensive assessment of the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. The report provides a strategic analysis of the domestic drug situation during 2014, based upon the most recent law enforcement, intelligence, and public health data available for the period. It also considers data and information beyond 2014, when appropriate, to provide the most accurate assessment possible to policymakers, law enforcement authorities, and intelligence officials.

The 2015 NDTA factors in information provided by 1,105 state and local law enforcement agencies through the 2015 National Drug Threat Survey (NDTS). (See Maps A1 – A13 in Appendix A and Tables B1, B5 – B10 in Appendix B.) At a 95 percent confidence level, the 2015 NDTS results are within 2.75 percentage points of the estimates reported. NDTS data used in this report do not imply that there is only one drug threat per state or region or that only one drug is available per state or region. A percentage given for a state or region represents the proportion of state and local law enforcement agencies in that state or region that identified a particular drug as their greatest threat or as available at low, moderate, or high levels.

This report addresses emerging developments related to the trafficking and use of primary illicit substances of abuse, the nonmedical use of CPDs, [Controlled Prescription Drugs] and the laundering of proceeds generated through illicit drug sales. It also addresses the role that TCOs [Transnational Criminal Organization] and organized gangs play in domestic drug trafficking. In the preparation of this report, DEA intelligence analysts considered quantitative data from various sources (seizures, investigations, arrests, drug purity or potency, and drug prices; law enforcement surveys; laboratory analyses; and interagency production and cultivation estimates) and qualitative information (subjective views of individual agencies on drug availability, information on the involvement of organized criminal groups, information on smuggling and transportation trends, and indicators of changes in smuggling and transportation methods).

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