Form NDTS (PDF Version) NDTS (PDF Version) National Drug Threat Survey)

National Drug Threat Survey 2013
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U.S. Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Administration

DEA Use Only
Process Date:

Attn: Fran Wiegand, Project Manager
8701 Morrissette Drive
Springfield, VA 22152
Phone: (202) 353-1112
Fax: (202) 307-8955

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General Instructions

Your response to this survey is vital to assisting the Drug Enforcement Administration in understanding the drug situation
during the past year in your jurisdiction. Your voluntary input, when combined with similar data collected across the country,
will be invaluable in preparing our annual National Drug Threat Assessment, periodic regional drug threat assessments, and
other strategic drug-related intelligence reports.
The National Drug Threat Survey 2013 form is a PDF file that can be filled out, saved, and emailed to DEA. Please fill out
the survey as thoroughly as possible by clicking on the appropriate response for each question and by typing in your response
for the open-ended questions. If you have any questions related to this survey or need assistance in completing your response,
please contact DEA at (202) 353-1112. The deadline for responding is November 30, 2012.
You may wish to print a paper copy of your responses before returning your completed survey to NDIC.

Thank you for participating in the DEA National Drug Threat Survey 2013.
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Rev: 9 September 2012

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Greatest Drug Threat and Drug-Related Crime

1. For your jurisdiction, please indicate the drug that poses the greatest threat, the drug that most contributes to violent crime,
and the drug that most contributes to property crime. (Choose only ONE drug on each list.)
Greatest Drug Threat
(Choose only ONE.)

Violent Crime
(Choose only ONE.)

Property Crime
(Choose only ONE.)

Powder cocaine

Powder cocaine

Powder cocaine

Crack cocaine

Crack cocaine

Crack cocaine

Heroin

Heroin

Heroin

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine

Marijuana

Marijuana

Marijuana

Other illicit drugs

Other illicit drugs

Other illicit drugs

Controlled prescription drugs

Controlled prescription drugs

Controlled prescription drugs

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Don't know

Don't know

Don't know

1a. Over the past year, has your agency experienced a significant change in a drug trafficking attribute (availability, demand,
distribution, production, transportation) for any of the above drugs? Please explain by indicating the drug, attribute, and
whether the change is an increase or a decrease.

Drug

Attribute

Change

Drug

Attribute

Change

Drug

Attribute

Change

Drug

Attribute

Change

Drug

Attribute

Change

Drug

Attribute

Change

Drug

Attribute

Change

Drug Availability
2.

Indicate the level of availability of the following drugs in your jurisdiction using the following definitions:
Low availability - drug is difficult to obtain most of the time;
Moderate availability - drug is easily obtained most of the time;
High availability - drug is easily obtained at any time.
Not
Don't
Low Moderate High Available Know

Not
Don't
Low Moderate High Available Know

Powder cocaine

Controlled prescription drugs

Crack cocaine

GHB/GBL

Heroin

LSD

Methamphetamine

PCP

Marijuana

Bath Salts

MDMA (ecstasy)

Synthetic Cannabinoids

Drug Production
3.

Please indicate how cannabis is cultivated in your jurisdiction. (Check ALL that apply.)
Indoors

4.

Outdoors

Hydroponically

Not cultivated

Don't know

Please indicate the level of methamphetamine production in your jurisdiction.
Low production

Moderate production

High production

Not produced

Don't know

4a. If methamphetamine is produced in your jurisdiction, please indicate the past year change in the level of production.
Increased

Decreased

Remained the same

Not applicable

Don't know

Diversion/Illicit Use of Controlled Prescription Drugs
5.

Indicate the levels of diversion and illicit use for the following types of controlled prescription drugs in your jurisdiction.
Level of Diversion
Low Moderate High None Don't Know

Level of Illicit Use
Low Moderate High None Don't Know

Narcotics (e.g., Vicodin, OxyContin)
Depressants (e.g., Valium, Xanax)
Stimulants (e.g., Adderall, Ritalin)

t

Steroids (e.g., Anadrol, Oxandrin)

t

Drug Trafficking Activities
6.

What are the racial and/or ethnic backgrounds of organizations that are the principal wholesale drug distributors in your jurisdiction
(e.g., African American, Caucasian, Dominican, Hispanic, Mexican)? List up to three types for each distribution level.

Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Methamphetamine
Marijuana
Controlled prescription drugs
Other:

6a. What are the racial and/or ethnic backgrounds of organizations that are the principal retail drug distributors in your jurisdiction
(e.g., African American, Caucasian, Dominican, Hispanic, Mexican)? List up to three types for each distribution level.
Powder cocaine
Crack cocaine
Heroin
Methamphetamine
Marijuana
Controlled prescription drugs
Other:

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