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1 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana and Beyond

2 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION Travis Birney Special Agent Billings Resident Office Office: Cell:

3 Drug Trends and Trafficking in the United States

4 Drug Trends and Trafficking in the United States

5 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana Primary drug threats in Montana - Methamphetamine

6 METHAMPHETAMINE

7 METHAMPHETAMINE

8 METHAMPHETAMINE

9 METHAMPHETAMINE Nationwide Methamphetamine Seizures

10 METHAMPHETAMINE Nationwide Psychostimulants with Abuse Potential Drug Poisoning Deaths, * *All psychostimulant-caused deaths; however 85-90% are attributed to methamphetamine National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control

11 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana Primary drug threats in Montana - Heroin, Heroin/Fentanyl

12 Types of Heroin Available Geographically Black Tar & Brown Powder White Powder The retail heroin market in the United States has historically been divided down the center, with eastern markets being supplied with white powder heroin (which is actually off-white, beige, or grey), and the western markets supplied by Mexican black tar or brown powder heroin.

13 Heroin Painkiller abusers, when faced with difficulty in obtaining diverted pharmaceuticals, often switch to heroin.

14 Heroin Threat in the DEA Field Divisions

15 HEROIN Age-adjusted drug overdose death rates, by opioid category: United States, Heroin Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics

16 HEROIN Nationwide Deaths 1999 to 2016 Year Number of Deaths , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,469 Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics

17 FENTANYL Mixtures Lethal Dose: 2 mg of Fentanyl Tablets containing Heroin & Fentanyl Seized Powder Heroin & Fentanyl

18 FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS Lethal Dose: HEROIN Lethal Dose: FENTANYL Lethal Dose: CARFENTANIL

19 FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS Age-adjusted drug overdose death rates, by opioid category: United States, Synthetic Opioids other than methadone Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics

20 FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS

21 FENTANYL AND OTHER SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS Fentanyl in Combination with other Drugs

22 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana Primary drug threats in Montana - Heroin, Heroin/Fentanyl

23 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana Paraphernalia

24 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana Primary drug threats in Montana - Pharmaceutical Opioids

25 Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs)

26 Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs) Suspected Opioid Overdoses by Region 3 rd Qtr 2016 to 3 rd Qtr 2017

27 Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs) Age-adjusted drug overdose death rates, by opioid category: United States Natural and Semisynthetic Opioids (Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, Etc.) Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics

28 COCAINE Rare in Montana

29 COCAINE Colombian Cocaine Production,

30 COCAINE Cocaine, 10,619

31 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana Primary drug threats in Montana - Marijuana

32 Drug Trends and Trafficking in Montana Primary drug threats in Montana - Marijuana

33 MARIJUANA The Creep of Legalization

34 Domestic Production State-approved producers Illicit producers Large-scale and small-scale U.S. citizens and foreigners West Coast dominates, however production is found in all 50 states Indoor and outdoor cultivation

35 Marijuana Trafficking and U.S. Marijuana Markets Foreign Mexico, Canada, and Caribbean Domestic West Coast to East Coast Three Markets 1. Illicit 2. State-approved medical 3. State-approved personal use/recreational

36 arijuana Concentrates and Extraction Labs Source: DEA

37 How it Gets Here

38 How it Gets Here Going through Montana to somewhere else

39 How it Gets Here Use of Dark Web to obtain drugs

40 Personal Safety What if I find it?

41 QUESTIONS? Office: Cell:

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