Form NDIC A-34j NDIC A-34j Natinal Drug Threat Survey 2010

National Drug Threat Survey 2010

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U.S. Department of Justice
National Drug Intelligence Center
319 Washington Street, 5th Floor
Johnstown, PA 15901-1622
Phone: (800) 624-4958
Fax: (814) 532-4690

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General Instructions

Your response to this survey will help us understand the drug situation in your area. Your input, when combined with
similar data collected across the country, will be invaluable in preparing our annual National Drug Threat Assessment,
periodic regional drug threat assessments, and other strategic drug-related intelligence reports.
Please fill out the survey as thoroughly as possible, fully darkening the circles using black or blue ink.
Please mail your completed survey in the enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope or fax it to NDIC using the fax
number listed above by January 31, 2010.

Thank you for participating in the NDIC National Drug Threat Survey 2010.
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NDIC Form A-34j

Greatest Drug Threat and Drug-Related Crime
1.

For your area, please indicate the drug that poses the greatest threat, the drug that most contributes to violent crime,
and the drug that most contributes to property crime. (Choose only ONE drug on each list.)
Greatest Drug Threat
(Choose only ONE.)
Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Powder methamphetamine
Ice methamphetamine
Marijuana
MDMA (ecstasy)
Other dangerous drugs
Controlled prescription drugs

Violent Crime
(Choose only ONE.)
Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Powder methamphetamine
Ice methamphetamine
Marijuana
MDMA (ecstasy)
Other dangerous drugs
Controlled prescription drugs

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Property Crime
(Choose only ONE.)
Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Powder methamphetamine
Ice methamphetamine
Marijuana
MDMA (ecstasy)
Other dangerous drugs
Controlled prescription drugs

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Drug Availability
2.

Indicate the level of availability of the following drugs in your area.
Not
Low Moderate High Available
Low Moderate
Powder cocaine
O
O
O
O
MDMA (ecstasy)
O
O
Crack cocaine
O
O
O
O
GHB
O
O
Heroin
O
O
O
O
LSD
O
O
Powder methamphetamine
O
O
O
O
PCP
O
O
Ice methamphetamine
O
O
O
O
GBL
O
O
Marijuana
O
O
O
O
Controlled prescription drugs O
O

Not
High Available
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Drug Production
3.
4.

Please indicate the percentage of powder cocaine transported to your area that is converted to crack.
1 – 25% O
26 – 50% O
51 – 75% O
76 – 100% O
None
Please indicate how cannabis is cultivated in your area. (Check ALL that apply.)
Indoors

5.

O

Outdoors O

Hydroponically O

Please indicate the level of methamphetamine production in your area.
Low production O
Moderate production O
5a.

6.

O

Not cultivated O
High production O

Not produced O

If methamphetamine is produced in your area, please indicate the past year change in the level of production.
Increased O
Decreased O
Remained the same O
Not applicable O

Have you encountered powder methamphetamine being converted to ice methamphetamine in your area?
Yes O
No O

Diversion/Illicit Use of Controlled Prescription Drugs
7.

Indicate the level of diversion/illicit use for the following types of controlled prescription drugs in your area.
Low Moderate High
None
Narcotics (e.g.,Vicodin, OxyContin, Dilaudid)

O

O

O

O

Depressants (e.g., Valium, Xanax, Klonopin)

O

O

O

O

Stimulants (e.g., Adderall, Ritalin, Dexedrene)

O

O

O

O

Steroids (e.g., Anadrol, Oxandrin, Durabolin)

O

O

O

O

Drug Trafficking Activities
8.

Please indicate the primary states and/or cities from which drugs are transported into your area.
____________________________

9.

___________________________

___________________________

What types of criminal groups or organizations are the principal wholesale and retail drug distributors in your area
(e.g., Mexican, Dominican, Hispanic, Caucasian, African American)? List up to three types for each distribution level.
Wholesale distribution: _________________________

__________________________

___________________________

_________________________

__________________________

___________________________

Retail distribution:

Drug Money Laundering
10. Please indicate the money laundering techniques used by wholesale-level (multikilogram) traffickers in your area.
(Check ALL that apply.)
Bulk cash movement
Money services businesses
(e.g., wire transmitters, check cashers, currency exchangers, money orders, etc.)
Banks (structuring)
Cash-intensive businesses (front companies)
(e.g., restaurants, nail salons, strip clubs, etc.)
Informal value transfer systems
(e.g., hawala, hundi, Chinese underground banking systems, etc.)
Trade-based
(e.g., black market peso exchange, over/under invoicing, etc.)
Prepaid cards
(e.g., gift cards, prepaid credit cards, etc.)
Electronic commerce
(e.g., digital currency, private ATMs, mobile payments, online or auction payment systems, etc.)
Real estate
(e.g., commercial/residential property purchases, mortgage fraud, etc.)

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Gangs and Drugs
11. Indicate the level of involvement of street gangs and outlaw motorcycle gangs in your area in the distribution of drugs in
general as well as for the specific drugs listed below. If street gangs or outlaw motorcycle gangs are not involved in drug
distribution in your area, please indicate by filling in None.
Street Gangs
Low Moderate High
Drugs in general
O
O
O
Powder cocaine
O
O
O
Crack cocaine
O
O
O
Heroin
O
O
O
Methamphetamine
O
O
O
Marijuana
O
O
O
MDMA (ecstasy)
O
O
O
Other dangerous drugs
O
O
O
Controlled prescription drugs O
O
O

None
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Low Moderate High None
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

12. Please provide the following information for STREET GANGS and OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS (OMGs) in your

area.

Total Number of
STREET GANGS
1–25
O
26–50
O
51–75
O
76–100
O
101–500
O
501–1,000
O
1,001 or more O
None
O
Total Number of
OMGs
1–5
O
6–10
O
11–15
O
16–20
O
21–25
O
26 or more
O
None
O

Total Number of
STREET GANG Members
1–250
O
251–500
O
501–750
O
751–1,000
O
1,001–2,500
O
2,501 or more O
None
O
Total Number of
OMG Members
1–10
O
11–25
O
26–50
O
51–75
O
76–100
O
101 or more
O
None
O

Percent of STREET GANGS
Involved in Drug Activities
1 – 25%
O
26 – 50%
O
51 – 75%
O
76 – 100% O
None
O

Past Year Change in Level of
STREET GANG Drug Activity
Increased
O
Decreased
O
Remained the same O
Not applicable
O

Percent of OMGs
Involved in Drug Activities
1 – 25%
O
26 – 50%
O
51 – 75%
O
76 – 100% O
None
O

Past Year Change in Level
of OMG Drug Activity
Increased
O
Decreased
O
Remained the same O
Not applicable
O

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