Unformatted text preview: Cocaine trafficking goes thought Mexico but it’s manufactured in South America Primary income source for American street gangs comes from drug sales Methamphetamine is the most growing drug???? In CA Fresno is the biggest injection-base drug consuming city CA is the most active drug states As far as CNS damage goes, Meth is the most damaging****** Marijuana is the most popular drug in the US****** Over half of the murders in LA are gang related 2000%markups on drugs when they are sold (cost to make times 2000% = retail value) Gangs conduct criminal activity in ALL 50 states and territories LA is the primary factory for PCP Mexican Mafia is the most influential mid-level and retail distributions for drugs in the LA area US has less than 5% of world population but more than 50% of drug consumption 10-10-80 theory: law inforcement deals with 10% of the gang members, academics deal with about 80%, 10% are not contacted by either of them************...
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- Winter '10
- Valdez
- Illegal drug trade, Gang, drug trafficking, American street gangs
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