SirSeedsAlot53779

To qualify as a HIDTA an area must:

Be a major center of illegal drug production, manufacturing, importation, or distribution;
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Have state and local law enforcement agencies already engaged;
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Have a harmful impact on other areas of the country; and
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Require a significant increase in federal resources.
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If you're in one of these areas then the crime rate is high as is the murder rate....Violence is commonplace. Meth labs and cocaine distribution are the primary enterprises.
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Here's an interesting murder rate chart. Since the figure covers entire states it's not possible to attribute murders to the HIDTA regions, but it's a safe bet most murders are gang and drug related in the HIDTA zones. Washington DC is such a small HIDTA area that the murder rate pops out.
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