NCJ Number
203863
Date Published
April 2003
Length
42 pages
Annotation
This report provides an assessment of the drug threat present in Georgia, accounting for information on the availability, demand, production, transportation, distribution and the effects of drugs on both the abuser and society for the various illicit drugs.
Abstract
The production, distribution, and abuse of illicit drugs pose a significant threat to the State of Georgia with cocaine representing the principal drug threat to the State. Rapidly increasing in its potential threat is methamphetamine. The heroin poses a threat primarily in large urban areas, such as Atlanta. Atlanta has emerged as a regional drug transportation hub and distribution center, where various criminal groups transport and distribute cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin, and other illicit drugs. This report presents a comprehensive assessment of the threat of drugs in Georgia, with specific information on the abuse, availability, violence, production, transportation, and distribution of the drugs cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin, as well as other dangerous drugs MDMA, LSD, ketamine, GHB and analogs, and diverted pharmaceuticals. As for the future, cocaine, particularly crack, will likely remain the greatest illicit drug threat to Georgia and marijuana the most widely available and commonly abused illicit drug. However, methamphetamine availability and abuse may increase in Georgia due to the availability and abuse in northern Georgia surpassing cocaine as the primary drug threat. Overall, cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin will remain a threat to Georgia.