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Where it all began… Rich in poppy and marijuana cultivation Marijuana demand explodes Opium traffickers in Sinaloa referred to as “Gomeros” 3.5 to 5 tons per week 1st to use aircraft Pedro Aviles Perez Pioneer drug lord 1st generation of drug smugglers SINALOA CARTEL BORDER CROSSING METHODS BORDER SMUGGLING METHODS: TUNNELS BORDER TUNNEL METHODS: TUNNELS IN HOMES BORDER SMUGGLING METHODS: ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT AUGUST 7, 2013 14,486 LBS MARIJUANA SEIZED IN WEST DESERT Law Enforcment Sensitive SOUTHWEST BORDER MARIJUANA SEIZURES (PROVIDED IN KILOGRAMS BY FISCAL YEAR) Source: EPIC NSS Prescription Opioid Abuse: A First Step to Heroin Use? Prescription opioid pain medications such as Oxycontin and Vicodin can have effects similar to heroin when taken in doses or in ways other than prescribed, and they are currently among the most commonly abused drugs in the United States. Research now suggests that abuse of these drugs may open the door to heroin abuse. Nearly half of young people who inject heroin surveyed in three recent studies reported abusing prescription opioids before starting to use heroin. Some individuals reported taking up heroin because it is cheaper and easier to obtain than prescription opioids. Many of these young people also report that crushing prescription opioid pills to snort or inject the powder provided their initiation into these methods of drug administration. 259% increase Source: EPIC National Seizure System 124% increase Source: EPIC National Seizure System Mexican Production of Methamphetamine is Booming By Join Together Staff | May 10, 2012 | Leave a comment | Filed in Drugs Mexican authorities have shut down a record number of industrial methamphetamine labs in recent months, Reuters reports. U.S. drug agents fear Mexico’s growing meth production will result in a sudden surge in supply in this country. In the first quarter of this year, Mexican soldiers raided 27 industrial meth labs, double the number raided in the same period last year, and the largest number in any three-month period, the article notes. In February, they recovered 15 tons of processed crystal, one of the largest seizures of the drug ever made worldwide. The United States passed the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act in 2005, which made it more difficult for meth makers to obtain the cold medicine ingredients pseudoephedrine and ephedrine that are used to make meth. While U.S. production of the drug decreased, Mexican production soared. “We are a victim of our own success,” Matthew Allen, special agent in charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arizona, told Reuters. “When you look at domestic meth labs, those numbers have fallen off the table. But where have they gone? Mexico.” Quantities of meth being moved north from Mexico into the United States are increasing. Last year, U.S. agents brought in 20,000 pounds of meth on the southwest border, double the amount seized in 2008. Agents say street prices for meth are staying flat or decreasing, a sign that there is an abundant supply. Mexico has made it more difficult to buy meth ingredients from pharmacies, but drug cartels are importing their own shipments of chemicals, the article notes. These chemicals often are imported by companies that seem legitimate, making it more difficult to find them. There's a Lime Shortage in America, and the Reason Is Straight Out of a “Breaking Bad” Episode As the lime supply grew more and more valuable, a Mexican gang saw an opening for an investment opportunity. Powerful Wealthy Vindictive Adaptable The Sinaloa Cartel is not just a drug organization, it’s a Criminal Organization.