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Feds assess market for illicit drugs, treatment trends

Via this Houston Chronicle story, I learned that the National Drug Intelligence Center this week issued its annual "market analyses" on illicit drug seizures, arrests, and trends in so-called High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs). Here are the Texas assessments:North Texas HIDTA (DFW)South Texas HIDTA (San Antonio to the border)Houston-area HIDTA (16 counties around Houston and along the coast)West Texas HIDTA (El Paso, Midland, Odessa, and Big Bend-area counites)One item that stood out in the charts and tables about each jurisdiction: In all four areas, according to the market analyses, adult admissions to publicly funded drug treatment facilities declined between 2006 and 2008, especially for harder drugs.In Harris County, for example, the number of drug-related treatment admissions to publicly funded facilities declined over that period for powder cocaine (924-831), crack cocaine (1,798 to 1,607), and heroin (420 to 186)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 13, 2009 (boomark / email).