NCJ Number
173632
Date Published
1992
Length
37 pages
Annotation
This report provides information and data on the National Forest System's Drug Control Initiative and its implementation in 1992.
Abstract
The 1992 National Forest System Drug Control Initiative continued to emphasize the eradication of cannabis and apprehension of growers. In 1992, more than 575,296 cultivated cannabis plants were eradicated in the National Forest System from 8,548 cultivation sites, a 6-percent decrease in plants eradicated, but a 23-percent increase in cultivation sites from the previous year. Increases in cultivation sites can be attributed to continued efforts by growers to disperse their plants over larger areas to avoid aerial and ground detection. The Southern Region continues to be an area with high drug-control activity. This region accounted for 84 percent of the plants eradicated and 75 percent of the cultivation sites. The strategy to emphasize the apprehension of persons involved in controlled substance production and distribution in the National Forest System resulted in 991 suspects being arrested in 1992. The number of firearms seized from suspects and from cultivation sites decreased from 402 in 1991 to 367 in 1992. Nearly $9.1 million of drug-related assets were seized in 1992 in the National Forest System. The number of clandestine laboratories reported in the National Forest System increased from 57 in 1991 to 61 in 1992. Coordination and support from other law enforcement agencies continues to be high, and the support from military resources continues to improve drug-control effectiveness. Extensive data figures cover 1992 drug control activity, regional drug control trends, and National Forest System drug control trends.