Transcript Trends on Drug Trafficking in New York

Drug Trafficking
Trends in New York
Lori Hadley
Intro
• War on drugs never ended
• 80,035 drug offense reported in 2013
• 22,215 involving drug trafficking
• Six drug accounted for 97% of drug trafficking offenses
Powdered cocaine
Crack cocaine
Methamphetamine
Marijuana
Heroin
Oxycodone
Trends
• Overdose has become a problem in New York
Overdose v. Motor Vehicle v. Firearm
Groups Responsible
•Drug Trafficking Organizations such as
Mexican drug trafficking organizations
(DTOs), Colombian DTOs, Canadian DTOs,
Asian DTOs
•Criminal groups- distribute one or more
drugs at retail and midlevels
Transportation
•Relatively easy in New York
•Transported into New York by air,
land, and sea conveyances
Most Serious Threats
•Cocaine and heroin, but methamphetamine
is on the rise
•Bill Bowman, head of the drug prevention
agency in Watertown, New York stated,
“Drugs are cheaper to buy and easier to
make, which has made the problem grow
faster than it can be addressed.”
Looks
Factors to Charge A Person
With Drug Trafficking
• Intent to Possess the Illegal Drug
• Possession that the Person has the Illegal Drug
After this, each state has limits on the amount
depending on each drug whether it is a
possession charge or a drug trafficking charge.
New York Laws & Penalties
• Attempt to cut back on drugs in New York has been
going on for years
• New York drug laws are tough
• Attempt started in 1973
• New York still has tough drug laws, but they have
changed
• Drug courts are available in some areas of New York
• Different factors taken into account when sentencing
• Several different ways to sentence a person on a drug
charge or drug trafficking charge
Recommendation
•Reduce the supply and demand
•Target the younger age groups as
main targets
•Educate individuals
•Drug user invention programs