Form A-34g National Drug Threat Survey

National Drug Threat Survey 2011
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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 is vital to assisting the National Drug Intelligence Center in understanding the drug
situation during the past year in your jurisdiction. Your voluntary 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, 2011.

Thank you for participating in the NDIC National Drug Threat Survey 2011.
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NDIC Form A-34j

Greatest Drug Threat and Drug-Related Crime
1.

For your jurisdiction, 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
Other dangerous drugs
Controlled prescription drugs
Not applicable
Don’t know

Violent Crime
(Choose only ONE.)
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Powder methamphetamine
Ice methamphetamine
Marijuana
Other dangerous drugs
Controlled prescription drugs
Not applicable
Don’t know

Property Crime
(Choose only ONE.)
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Powder methamphetamine
Ice methamphetamine
Marijuana
Other dangerous drugs
Controlled prescription drugs
Not applicable
Don’t know

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

Drug Availability
2.

Indicate the level of availability of the following drugs in your jurisdiction using the following definitions:
Low availability – drug is difficult to obtain most of the time; Moderate availability – drug is easily obtained most of the time;
High availability – drug is easily obtained at any time.

Not
Don’t
Low Moderate High Available Know
Powder cocaine
O
O
O
O
O
Crack cocaine
O
O
O
O
O
Heroin
O
O
O
O
O
Powder methamphetamine O
O
O
O
O
Ice methamphetamine
O
O
O
O
O
Marijuana
O
O
O
O
O

Not
Don’t
Low Moderate High Available Know
MDMA (ecstasy)
O
O
O
O
O
GHB
O
O
O
O
O
LSD
O
O
O
O
O
PCP
O
O
O
O
O
GBL
O
O
O
O
O
Controlled prescription drugs O
O
O
O
O

Drug Production
3.

Please indicate the percentage of powder cocaine transported to your jurisdiction that is converted to crack.
None O
1 – 25% O
26 – 50% O
51 – 75% O
76 – 100% O
Don’t know O

4.

Please indicate how cannabis is cultivated in your jurisdiction. (Check ALL that apply.)
Indoors O
Outdoors O
Hydroponically O
Not cultivated O
Don’t know O

5.

Please indicate the level of methamphetamine production in your jurisdiction.
Low production O
Moderate production O
High production O

Not produced O

Don’t know O

5a. If methamphetamine is produced in your jurisdiction, please indicate the past year change in the level of production.
Increased O
6.

Decreased O

Remained the same O

Not applicable O

Don’t know O

Have you encountered powder methamphetamine being converted to ice methamphetamine in your jurisdiction?
Yes O
No O
Don’t know O

Diversion/Illicit Use of Controlled Prescription Drugs
7.

Indicate the levels of diversion and illicit use for the following types of controlled prescription drugs in your jurisdiction.
Level of Diversion
Level of Illicit Use
Low Moderate High None Don’t Know Low Moderate High None Don’t Know

Narcotics (e.g.,Vicodin, OxyContin)
Depressants (e.g., Valium, Xanax)
Stimulants (e.g., Adderall, Ritalin)
Steroids (e.g., Anadrol, Oxandrin)

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

O
O
O
O

Drug Trafficking Activities
8.

9.

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

__________________________

___________________________

Retail distribution:

__________________________

___________________________

_________________________

Please indicate the primary countries, states and/or cities from which drugs are transported into your jurisdiction.

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

Gangs and Drugs
10. Indicate the level of involvement that street gangs and outlaw motorcycle gangs in your jurisdiction have in the distribution
of illicit drugs in general and by the specific drugs listed below. If street gangs or outlaw motorcycle gangs are not involved in
drug distribution in your jurisdiction, please indicate by checking None. If gangs are not present in your jurisdiction, please
indicate by checking Not Applicable (NA).
Street Gangs
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
Low Moderate High None Don’t Know NA
Low Moderate High None Don’t Know NA
Drugs in general
Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
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

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

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

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O

11. Please provide the following information for each gang type in your jurisdiction
STREET GANGS
OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS (OMGs)
Total Number of
Total Number of
|
Total Number of
Total Number of
STREET GANGS
STREET GANG Members
|
OMGs
OMG Members
None
1–3
4–6
7–15
16–30
More than 30
Don’t Know

O
O
O
O
O
O
O

None
1–50
51–200
201–500
501–1,000
More than 1,000
Don’t Know

Percent of STREET GANGS
Involved in Drug Activities
None
1 – 25%
26 – 50%
51 – 75%
76 – 100%
Don’t Know

O
O
O
O
O
O
O

|
|
|
|
|

Past Year Change in Level of
STREET GANG Drug Activity

O
O
O
O
O
O

Increased
Decreased
Remained the same
Not applicable
Don’t Know

None
1–3
4–6
7–15
16–30
More than 30
Don’t Know

|
|

O
O
O
O
O

O
O
O
O
O
O
O

None
1–10
11–25
26–50
51–100
More than 100
Don’t Know

Percent of OMGs
Involved in Drug Activities
None
O
1 – 25%
O
26 – 50%
O
51 – 75%
O
76 – 100%
O
Don’t Know
O

|
|
|
|
|
|

O
O
O
O
O
O
O

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

Drugged Driving
12. Drugged driving is a serious consequence of illicit drug use. For purposes of this survey, drugged driving is defined as driving
after recent use of illegal drugs, including the non-medical use of controlled prescription drugs. (Your responses to this
question, even in the negative, will assist NDIC and federal policymakers in guiding future research regarding drugged driving.)
Do you believe that drugged driving poses a safety threat in your jurisdiction?
Yes

O

No

O

Don’t Know

O

Does your agency provide drugged driving recognition training for your officers?
Yes

O

No

O

Don’t Know

O

Please indicate the approximate number of drugged driving violations that occurred in your jurisdiction in the past year:
None

O

1–100

O

101–500

O

501–1,000

O

1,001 or more

O

Don’t Know

O

Use of Federal Law Enforcement Resources
13. To what Task Forces with Federal law enforcement entities has your agency assigned personnel? (Check ALL that apply.)
OCDETF

O

HIDTA

O

FBI/Gang

O

DHS/BEST

O

DEA

O

Other

O

Unknown

14. What Federal information centers does your agency use to access or exchange information? (Check ALL that apply.)
DEA Special Operations Division
DHS Supported State and Local Fusion Centers
El Paso Intelligence Center
HIDTA Intelligence Support Centers
ICE Bulk Cash Smuggling Center in Vermont

O
O
O
O
O

National Drug Intelligence Center

O

OCDETF Fusion Center
Other

O
O

Unknown

O

O

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