1. Drug Trafficking Trends in New York Lori Hadley

2. 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

3. Trends Overdose has become a problem in New York Overdose v. Motor Vehicle v. Firearm

4. 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

5. Transportation Relatively easy in New York Transported into New York by air, land, and sea conveyances

6. 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.”

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8. 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.

9. 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

10. Recommendation Reduce the supply and demand Target the younger age groups as main targets Educate individuals Drug user invention programs