Cocaine:Cocaine HCL is readily available throughout Michigan, with the greatest availability in the densely populated areas where quantities remain stable. Major traffickers are African American, Hispanic, and Colombian. Cocaine destined for the state of Michigan originates from source areas such as the southwest border of the U.S., Southern Florida, New York and Chicago. The price and purity of cocaine has remained relatively stable in Michigan for the past several years. Gram quantities continue to sell between $75-125, ounce quantities $500-1300, and kilograms $23,000-25,000. The cocaine in urban areas is consistently purchased and seized in the 80 to 90% purity range, indicating that cocaine traffickers in this region have a very well established network with large wholesale suppliers in source areas.

Heroin: Heroin is widely available throughout the Detroit area and the more densely populated areas of Michigan. Heroin destined for the Michigan region continues to originate from different parts of the world. Large quantities of heroin are imported from South America, Mexico and Africa. Southeast and Southwest Asian heroin are prevalent in the metropolitan Detroit area. However, the DMP shows that South American heroin is the most abundant type of heroin in the Detroit area. Major heroin traffickers in Michigan are mainly Nigerian, African American and Hispanic. The City of Detroit continues to serve as both a point of consumption and a transshipment point to other communities in Michigan and Ohio.

Methamphetamine: Methamphetamine continues to be available in the State of Michigan with the western, southwest and central areas of the state reporting the majority of cases. Michigan methamphetamine production is a simple process taught among violators and dominated by the Caucasian lower social and economic class. Most production at this time is occurring in rural areas and the Michigan State Police Southwest Enforcement Team (SWET) estimates that 80% of their caseload is methamphetamine related. Methamphetamine availability remains low in the Detroit area, although the Detroit-Windsor border continues to be a major pseudoephedrine smuggling route for pseudoephedrine destined for the western United States.

Pseudoephedrine:Pseudoephedrine is a precursor chemical used in the production of methamphetamine. The Detroit metropolitan area has emerged as a transshipment point for bulk quantities/shipments of pseudoephedrine. The pseudoephedrine is manufactured in Canada, transported on semi-tractor trailers through Detroit, and is bound for methamphetamine manufacturing destinations in California, Nevada and Arizona. The United States and Canadian border is being utilized as a gateway for transshipments of multi-million tablet quantities of pseudoephedrine into the United States. Most of this pseudoephedrine is purchased from drug companies in Canada, by Michigan and Ohio based Middle Eastern organized crime groups. These Middle Eastern traffickers then transport the drug to the West Coast, where it is sold to Mexican trafficking groups that are managed and directed by the major, Mexico-based drug trafficking syndicates. The transshipping success of pseudoephedrine into the United States has been fueled by the dangerous, ever-growing alliance between the Middle Eastern and Mexican drug trafficking communities. The Detroit Field Division feels strongly that this alliance not only poses a real threat to national security as it pertains to drug trafficking, but poses an equally dangerous threat outside the drug trafficking arena. The largest Middle Eastern population in the United States resides in the Detroit area and there is an ever-growing Mexican population throughout the Division. Middle Eastern drug traffickers, much like their Mexican counterparts, rely on close family ties to ensure total loyalty to their organizations. Consequently, it remains difficult at best to penetrate these family protected trafficking organizations. After receiving massive quantities of pseudoephedrine from Canada via the Detroit area, the Mexican methamphetamine production and trafficking groups based on the West Coast distribute their finished product all across the United States. This has recently led to an increase in the availability of Mexican produced methamphetamine throughout the states of Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. All three states are experiencing growing populations of Mexican Americans and those of Mexican descent who have established themselves in the U.S. for employment reasons.

Club Drugs: The use of Club drugs such as Ecstasy (MDMA), GHB, and Ketamine has steadily increased in Michigan. Club drugs are growing in popularity among young adults and juveniles, particularly in most urban areas of the state where "Rave" parties are also increasing. Most illicit drugs are now available at Michigan "Raves". Increasingly larger seizures of MDMA continue to occur at Detroit area ports of entry as well as Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Most out state areas, with the exception of the central lower-peninsula, report MDMA to be readily available.

Marijuana:Marijuana continues to be the most commonly used and readily available illicit drug throughout the state of Michigan. Marijuana is popular among every racial and ethnic group in the region and is particularly popular among high school students. The vast majority of marijuana sold in Michigan originates in Mexico, however domestically grown marijuana is also available and may even be grown for export to other near-by states and Canada. Intelligence sources have indicated that individuals of Vietnamese decent are growing high-grade marijuana in rental houses in Ontario. Information from Canadian law enforcement authorities and U.S. Customs indicates that these individuals are using semi trucks hauling trash from Ontario into Michigan to smuggle marijuana into the U.S. and cash back into Canada. Two separate recent seizures involved 300 pounds of marijuana entering the U.S. and $287,000 returning to Ontario.

Other Drugs: The diversion and abuse of pharmaceuticals, especially OxyContin, represent a significant threat to Michigan. OxyContin is a slow-release form of the painkiller Oxycodone, which is of benefit to cancer patients and those with chronic pain. OxyContin, with effects the same as other opiate derivatives, is obtained legally through prescriptions and illegally on the street.