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Press Release
DEA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF2013 NATIONAL DRUG THREAT ASSESSMENT
WASHINGTON
– The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today released the
2013 National Drug Threat Assessment, which provides an up-to-date look
at the many challenges local communities face related to drug abuse and
drug trafficking. Highlights in the report include drug abuse and
trafficking trends for drugs such as heroin, prescription drugs, and the
many ever-changing synthetic drugs manufactured overseas and imported
to the United States.
As
a result of the closure of the National Drug Intelligence Center in
June 2012, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) assumed
responsibility for producing the National Drug Threat Assessment and
other high-priority strategic drug intelligence reports. 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 smuggling and
transportation trends, and indicators of changes in smuggling and
transportation methods).
The
2013 NDTA factors information provided by 1,307 state and local law
enforcement agencies through the 2013 National Drug Threat Survey
(NDTS).
This
assessment also considers data and information beyond 2012, when
appropriate, to provide the most accurate assessment possible to
policymakers, law enforcement authorities, and intelligence officials.
The 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment can be found here: http://www.justice.gov/dea/resource-center/DIR-017-13%20NDTA%20Summary%20final.pdf
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