See Seattle Times Editorial Reports Washington State Lt. While all drugs can be found in the area, heroin and cocaine dominate the scene because of the profits and potential violence they generate. The demand for crack has fallen, but it is still available and being actively distributed. Area law enforcement agencies have turned high-tech in recent years, creating a computer network containing photographs of every person arrested on state or federal charges in New York City and Westchester and Nassau Counties. In America Despite Prohibition While much of the marijuana is cultivated in remote mountainous regions, growers are increasingly moving indoors.
Traffickers use vehicles with complex hidden compartments to transport the drugs.
Since being designated a high trafficking area last year, law enforcement agencies have made almost 2,000 arrests and have destroyed nearly half a million marijuana plants. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police estimate the annual production at 800 tons. Last Week It Was The Motorcycle Gangs. Now It Is The Yellow Peril. It Could Cause Brain Damage.