CEWG January 09 Full Report - National Institute on Drug Abuse

Section II. Highlights and Summary of Key Findings and Emerging Drug Issues From the <strong>January</strong> <strong>CEWG</strong> Meeting
with the rest of Mexico. While treatment
admissions in the nonborder area were dominated
by alcohol, the primary drugs of abuse
in states along the U.S. border were heroin and
methamphetamine.
• <strong>Report</strong>s from Seattle, Canada, and Detroit indicate
that drug traffcking is of concern along
the United States northern border as well as
the southern border. The Seattle representative
referred to law enforcement reports that
MDMA is continuing to be manufactured in
British Columbia, Canada, and shipped to the
United States through Washington State. Marijuana
grown in British Colombia is also brought
into the United States over the border.
• The representative from Canada reported that
marijuana continues to dominate the number of
drug exhibits/items seized by police and border
services and submitted to Health Canada for
testing.
• The representative from Detroit reported that
MDMA was being brought in across the United
States–Canadian border and referred to interrelated
patterns of gun and drug traffcking
between Michigan and Canada using waterways
and two bridges connecting the two countries.
Both bridges are sites for drug seizures,
especially ecstasy and marijuana, transported in
cars and trucks.
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