Cocaine and Methamphetamine Greatest U.S. Drug Threats,
According to State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

Cocaine and methamphetamine were identified by the majority of U.S. state and local law
enforcement agencies as the greatest drug threat in their region, according to data from the 2003
National Drug Intelligence Center National Drug Threat Survey. More than two-thirds of the state
and local law enforcement agencies surveyed identified either powder or crack cocaine (37%) or
methamphetamine (36%) as the greatest drug threat in their area. Marijuana and heroin were the
next greatest drug threats reported (by 13% and 9%, respectively.) Cocaine was considered to be a
greater threat in the Great Lakes, Northeast/Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions of the U.S., while
methamphetamine was generally reported as a greater problem in the Pacific, West Central, and
Southwest regions (data not shown).

*Percentages do not add up to 100 due to the omission of the “no response” category.
**Other Dangerous Drugs include the club drugs GHB, ketamine, and Rohypnol® as well as the hallucinogens LSD, PCP, and psilocybin.


SOURCES:
Adapted by CESAR from The National Drug Intelligence Center, U.S. Department of Justice, National Drug
Threat Assessment 2004, April 2004. Available online at http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/topics/ndtas.htm.