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An Overview of
Federal Drug Control Programs
on the Southwest Border

Drug Seizure Statistics

From 1987 through 1996 in the Southwest border region:

  • 2,323 metric tons of marijuana were seized, with seizures in Texas accounting for 55.2 percent of the total.

  • 345 metric tons of cocaine were seized, with seizures in California accounting for 49.6 percent of the total.

  • 959 kilograms of heroin were seized, with seizures in California accounting for 48.8 percent of the total.

  • 2,802 kilograms of methamphetamine were seized, with seizures in California accounting for 67.1 percent of the total.


Source: EPIC.

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