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Marijuana is the most widely abused and readily available illicit drug in the
United
States, with an estimated 11.5 million current users. At least one-third
of the U.S.
population has used marijuana sometime in their lives. The drug is
considered a
“gateway” to the world of illicit drug abuse. Relaxed public
perception of harm,
popularization by the media and by groups advocating
legalization, along with the
trend of smoking marijuana-filled cigars known as
“blunts,” contribute to the
nationwide resurgence in marijuana’s
popularity.
The Internet also contributes to marijuana’s popularity. Websites exist
that provide information and links extolling the virtues of marijuana. These
sites provide forums for user group discussions, post documents and messages for
public discussions, and advocate the “legal” sale of marijuana. Several web
sites advertising the sale of marijuana and providing instructions on home grows
have also been identified.
Marijuana smuggled into the United States, whether grown in Mexico or
transshipped from other Latin American source areas, accounts for most of the
marijuana available in the United States. Marijuana produced in Mexico remains
the most widely available. Moreover, high-potency marijuana enters the U.S. drug
market from Canada. The availability of marijuana from Southeast Asia generally
is limited to the West Coast. U.S. drug law enforcement reporting also suggests
increased availability of domestically grown marijuana.
Domestic
Marijuana
According to 2000 Domestic Cannabis Eradication/
Suppression Program (DCE/SP)
statistics, the five leading states for indoor growing activity were California,
Florida, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. DCE/SP statistics indicate that the
major outdoor growing states in 2000 were California, Hawaii, Kentucky, and
Tennessee; these states accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total
of eradicated outdoor cultivated plants.
Mexican Marijuana
Organized crime groups operating from Mexico have smuggled marijuana into the
United States since the early 1970s. These groups maintain extensive networks of
associates, often related through familial or regional ties to associates living
in the United States, where they control polydrug smuggling and wholesale
distribution from hub cities to retail markets throughout the United States.
Groups operating from Mexico employ a variety of transportation and
concealment methods to smuggle marijuana into the United States. Most of the
marijuana smuggled into the United States is concealed in vehicles — often in
false compartments — or hidden in shipments of legitimate agricultural or
industrial products. Marijuana also is smuggled across the border by rail,
horse, raft, and backpack. Shipments of 20 kilograms or less are smuggled by
pedestrians who enter the United States at border checkpoints and by backpackers
who, alone or in groups (“mule trains”), cross the border at more remote
locations. Jamaican organizations also appear to be involved in dispatching
Mexican marijuana via parcel carriers.
Organized
crime groups operating from Mexico conceal marijuana in an array of vehicles,
including commercial vehicles, private automobiles, pickup trucks, vans, mobile
homes, and horse trailers, driven through border ports of entry. Larger
shipments ranging up to multithousand kilograms are usually smuggled in
tractor-trailers, such as the 6.9 metric tons of marijuana seized on April 3,
2001, by USCS officials from a tractor-trailer at the Otay Mesa, California,
port of entry. The marijuana packages had been wrapped in cellophane, coated
with mustard, grease, and motor oil, and commingled in a load of television
sets.
Besides overland smuggling, drug traffickers use ocean vessels to move
Mexican marijuana up the coast of Mexico to U.S. ports, drop-off sites along the
U.S. coast, or to rendezvous points with other boats bound for the United
States.
Law enforcement authorities in southern California indicate that
marijuana is transferred from mother ships in international waters to Mexican
fishing vessels. The smaller vessels then deliver the marijuana to overland
smugglers on the Mexican Baja California Peninsula. From there, the marijuana is
generally moved to border transit points and then carried to the Los Angeles
metropolitan area for distribution to eastern markets.
Canadian Marijuana
Canada is becoming a source country for indoor-grown, high-potency (15 to 25
percent THC) marijuana destined for the United States. Canadian law enforcement
intelligence indicates that marijuana traffickers there are increasingly
cultivating cannabis indoors. Such indoor-grow operations have become an
enormous and lucrative illicit industry, producing a potent form of marijuana
that has come to be known as “BC Bud.” Canadian officials estimate that
cannabis cultivation in British Columbia is a billion-dollar industry, and that
traffickers smuggle a significant portion of the Canadian harvest into the
United States.
Prices
and Potency (THC Content)
Prices for commercial-grade marijuana have remained relatively stable over
the past decade, ranging from approximately $400 to $1,000 per pound in U.S.
Southwest border areas to between $700 to $2000 per pound in the Midwest and
northeastern United States. The national price range for sinsemilla, a higher
quality marijuana usually grown domestically, is between $900 and $6,000 per
pound. BC Bud sells for between $1,500 and $2,000 per pound in Vancouver; but
when smuggled into the United States, it sells for between $5,000 and $8,000 per
pound in major metropolitan areas.
During the past two decades, marijuana potency has increased. According to
the University of Mississippi’s 2000 Marijuana Potency Monitoring Project (MPMP),
commercial-grade marijuana THC levels rose from under 2 percent in the late
1970s and early 1980s to 6.07 percent in 2000. The MPMP reports that sinsemilla
potency also increased, rising from 6 percent in the late 1970s and 1980s to
13.20 percent in 2000.
Seizures
According to the FDSS, U.S. federal authorities seized 1,222 metric tons of
marijuana in 2000 compared to 1,094 metric tons in 1999.
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