From Washington state to Maine and from California to Texas, traffickers employ a variety of methods to bring their wares into the country. Passenger cars or tractor-trailers with hidden compartments passing through Ports of Entry, individuals walking across unfenced borders with backpacks, SUVs taking back roads across desert country, drugs disguised as shoes, candy bars, tomato or cucumber shipments – the list is limited only by the traffickers’ imaginations.
In 2007, federal seizures across the northern border states totaled nearly four and a half tons of cocaine, 747 pounds of heroin, 252 pounds of methamphetamine, 12 tons of marijuana and more than two million dosage units of MDMA, also called Ecstasy. Seizures in the southern border states totaled nearly 30 tons of cocaine, 825 pounds of heroin, nearly three tons of meth, more than 1200 tons of marijuana and nearly 400,000 doses of Ecstasy.
In just one operation that played out in September 2008, agents in four countries seized 175 suspects and 17 tons of cocaine, 1039 pounds of methamphetamine, 25 tons of marijuana and 19 pounds of heroin.
“Protecting our population means that we must take the initiative to fight drug use in our homes and our schools,” stated Derry Hallmark, Director of Admissions and a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor at Narconon Arrowhead. Narconon is one of the country’s leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, located in Canadian, Oklahoma. “With the huge market for illicit drugs in this country, the only protections are sufficient education of our young people to prevent them from starting to use drugs, and effective treatment for anyone who has become trapped in their addiction.”
Mr. Hallmark offered the services of Narconon Arrowhead to anyone who is looking for a solution to substance abuse or addiction. “Narconon is dedicated to eliminating the demand for drugs through effective rehabilitation and educational programs that we run in our neighboring states. We also help families trying to understand the problem of addiction with free counseling and referrals to rehab centers in any corner of the country. The only way we can beat such an extensive problem is by all of us working together.”
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