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Medical Marijuana

Marijuana Plant Seizures

Clan Lab Seizures

HIDTA County Drug Factsheet Clackamas County

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Return to Clackamasmain page2013 County Summary

SummaryIn 2013, the largest proportion of arrests in Clackamas County was for methamphetamine, followed by arrests for heroin, marijuana, and cocaine. Total drug-related deaths and number of treatment admissions in the county were lower per capita when compared to other HIDTA areas and Oregon from 2006 to 2012, the most recent data available. Heroin comprised the largest number of related deaths and marijuana the largest number of admissions in the county in 2012.

The number of indoor marijuana plants seized in Clackamas County rose over 30 percent from 2010 (700) to 2013 (928). Outdoor plants seized in the county in 2013 totaled 403. The number of medical marijuana cardholders reported in October 2013 (4,143) was more than five times the number in April 2006 (723). Three methamphetamine labs were reported seized in the county between 2006 and 2013.

2013 County Statistics1,2 Population: Clackamas: 386,080

Land area in square miles: Clackamas: 1,870 (OR: 95,988)

Persons per square mile: Clackamas: 206.4 (OR: 40.8)

Population, percent change 2004 to 2013: Clackamas: 8.4% (OR 9.4%)

1U.S. Census Bureau, State and County QuickFacts.2Portland Population Research Center.



Drug Threat

Notes: The tables reflect responses from participating task forces and local, state ,and federal law enforcement agencies to two questions on the 2013 Oregon HIDTA Drug Threat Assessment survey: 1) Please rank order the drugs which pose the greatest threat to your jurisdiction and 2) Which drug most contributes to violent crime and property crime and serves as the primary funding source for major criminal activity in your area. CPDs = Controlled Prescription Drugs.

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Clackamas County Interagency Task Force (CCITF) Heroin Crystal Meth Marijuana

Powder Cocaine CPDs MDMA Powder Meth

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Gladstone PD Marijuana Crystal Meth Heroin CPDs - - - -

Lake Oswego PD CPDs MarijuanaSpice/Bath

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Molalla PD Heroin Crystal Meth Marijuana CPDsPowder

MethPowder Cocaine Crack Cocaine MDMA

Question 1: Which drugs pose the greatest threat to your jurisdiction (in rank order)?

Source: 2013 Oregon HIDTA Drug Threat Survey, March 2013.

Violent Crime Property Crime Primary Funding Source

Clackamas County Interagency Task Force (CCITF) Marijuana Heroin Heroin

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Lake Oswego PD - Meth Marijuana

Molalla PD MethHeroin, Marijuana,

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Question 2: Which drug contributes most to violent crime and property crime. Which drug serves as the primary funding source for major criminal activity in your area?

Source: 2013 Oregon HIDTA Drug Threat Survey, March 2013.



Oregon HIDTA seizure data

DHE seizure data

Seizure Data


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Drug Seizure DataReturn to seizure page

Type of Drug Seized # % # % # % # % # % # %Cocaine (lbs) 7 2% 0.47 0.2% 3 6% 3 2% 2 2% 0.14 0.1%CPDs (DU) 247 2% 406 1% 2,130 7% 16,727 12% 488 1% 1,727 9%Crack (lbs) 0.14 22% 0.02 0.4% 0.02 0.5% 0.08 3% - 0% - 0%Ecstasy/MDMA (DU) 852 0.3% 31 0.1% 8 0.1% 428 3% 1 0% 1 0.01%Heroin (lbs) 0.66 3% 12 20% 4 11% 3 3% 4 2% 9 7%ICE (lbs) 0.97 1% 5 3% 19 12% 12 3% 0.92 0.2% 37 7%Marijuana-bulk (lbs) 16 1% 26 1% 69 1% 116 1% 73 1% 461 11%Marijuana-indoor (lbs) 606 14% 1,244 17% 917 9% 2,689 24% 376 7% 1,472 18%Marijuana-outdoor (lbs) 264 1% 7,587 5% 322 0% 1,174 1% 78 1% 354 2%

CCITF Drug Seizures, CY 2008 - CY 20132008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Source: HIDTA Performance Management Process database, 2/12/14, CCITF data.# = Quantity seized. Note: amounts over 1 are rounded to the nearest whole number.% = Percent of total Oregon HIDTA seizures.CPDs=Controlled Prescription Drugs.


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State Origin DestinationVehicle

Tag StateCA 15 3 11MT - 1 1OR 22 17 21TX - - 1

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Total quantity seized 0.14 0.02 0.004 - 0.19 -Number of interdictions 2 1 1 - 2 -

Total quantity seized 5 - - - 4,862 10 Number of interdictions 1 - - - 3 1

Total quantity seized 0.31 0.03 - 0.21 0.04 0.08Number of interdictions 1 1 - 1 3 1

Total quantity seized 0.59 8 7 42 22 103Number of interdictions 2 2 3 6 9 7

Total quantity seized - - - - - 59Number of interdictions - - - - - 1

Total quantity seized - 0.13 1 0.1 8.1 0.01Number of interdictions - 1 1 2 4 3

Total quantity seized 22,805$ 5,654$ 4,467$ 157,441$ 4,005$ 6,703$ Number of interdictions 2 3 4 3 3 5

Total quantity seized - - 1 2 1 4Number of interdictions - - 1 2 1 1

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Source: HIDTA Domestic Highway Enforcement Program data.

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Arrests

County ArrestsArrests – per capita

comparison


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The number of methamphetamine arrests in Clackamas County declined 57 percent from 2006 to 2009, but rose more than twofold from 2009 to August 2013. Arrests increased between 2006 and 2013 for heroin (530%), but dropped 53 percent for cocaine. Marijuana arrests rose twofold from 2006 to 2010, but declined by 2013.

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Return to Clackamasmain pageDrug Arrests – Per Capita Comparison

The number of drug-related arrests in Clackamas County remains lower per capita when compared to the state average and HIDTA county average. Arrests rose 36 percent from 2006 to 2013 in Clackamas County, driven by an increase in methamphetamine and heroin arrests.

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Treatment Admissions

County Admissions

Admissions – per capita

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Admissions for treatment of drug use has increased in the county since 2009. Drug admissions showing the sharpest increase between 2009 and 2012 were heroin (89%) and marijuana (54%), followed by methamphetamine (47%), cocaine (33%) and controlled prescription drugs (14%).

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Return to Clackamasmain pageTreatment Admissions - Per Capita

The number of treatment admissions for major illicit drugs in Clackamas County was lower per capita when compared to other HIDTA areas and Oregon between 2006 and 2012.

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Return to Clackamasmain pageDrug-Related Deaths

County DeathsPer capita

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Return to Clackamasmain pageDrug-Related Deaths, Clackamas County

Heroin-related deaths fluctuated in Clackamas County between 2004 and 2012, rising to a high of nine in 2009, with eight deaths reported in 2012. Deaths related to methamphetamine use increased from five to seven in the county during the same period with six deaths reported in 2012. Cocaine-related deaths have generally declined since 2004, dropping to zero in 2012.

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Return to Clackamasmain pageDrug-Related Deaths - Per Capita Comparison

Total drug-related deaths in Clackamas County were lower per capita than for HIDTA counties and Oregon between 2004 and 2012. Drug-related deaths in the county have fluctuated since 2007 – driven largely by the number of heroin and methamphetamine-related fatalities.

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Oregon Marijuana Plant Seizures

Indoor MarijuanaOutdoor

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Indoor plants seizures reported for Clackamas County exceeded per capita totals for the HIDTA region and Oregon in 2011. The actual number of indoor marijuana plants seized in Clackamas County rose to a high of 3,486 plants in 2011, but dropped to 928 plants in 2013.

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The number of outdoor seizures reported in Clackamas County was lower when compared per capita to the HIDTA region and Oregon from 2007 to 2013. The actual number of outdoor marijuana plants seized in 2009 in the county was 7,606, reflecting 11 percent of HIDTA Region outdoor plant seizures. The actual number of outdoor marijuana plants seized in the county in 2013 was 403.

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570 /4,266/100

Douglas

363 /3,635/30

Jackson

450/4,424/164

Josephine

106/5,560/621

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Klamath

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Multnomah

3,233/28/85

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Plant Counts

Indoor /Outdoor/Bulk Seizure*

9,115 /18,920/2,450

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Umatilla

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Crook

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Union

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*Statistics include DHE seizures reported by the Oregon State Police



Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana Cardholder Statistics

Medical Marijuana Math

Photos of Medical Marijuana Grows


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The number of medical marijuana cardholders in Clackamas County was lower per capita when compared to the HIDTA counties and Oregon. The actual number of cardholders in the county grew over fivefold from April 2006 (723) to October 2013 (4,143).

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Source: “Drug traffickers exploit Oregon medical marijuana program’s lax oversight and loose rules”, Oregonian, 9/22/12.

Medical Marijuana Math

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Medical Marijuana Grow Photos

Medical marijuana growing room on property located in Grants Pass, OR. Grower was one of three people who gave medical marijuana to a woman arrested in Portland, OR for trying to ship product to Boston for sale. (AP Photo/U.S. Attorney's Office, Medford, OR, 5/17/11).

In-compliance grow with plants measuring approximately 15’ in height. Photo taken as part of a RADE team investigation into an out-of-compliance grow located on the same property. Josephine County, OR, October 2010.

Each of these OMMP grow sites is on a separate tax lot. In this case, the garden is situated across or near property lines making it challenging to determine the responsible party (Source: “Oregon’s failed medical marijuana program”, The Examiner, 9/20/09).

Caregiver grow site with multiple patients and growers. There is no limit on the number of plants or patients a caregiver can have (Source: “Oregon’s failed medical marijuana program”, The Examiner, 9/20/09).

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Clackamas County reported methamphetamine laboratory seizures in 2005 (15), 2007 (1), 2010 (1), and 2011 (1). No methamphetamine labs were reported in 2012 or 2013. Clackamas County reported no clan labs in the category of “Other Labs” between 2005 and 2013.

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Eastern Region• Baker County Narcotics Enforcement Team (BCNET) (Baker) • Blue Mountain Enforcement Narcotics Team (BENT) (Umatilla) -

HIDTA • Central Oregon Drug Enforcement (CODE) (Deschutes) - HIDTA• High Desert Drug Enforcement (H2DE) (Malheur) • Mid-Columbia Interagency Narcotics Task Force (MINT) (Wasco) • Union-Wallowa Drug Task Force (Union/Wallowa) • Warm Springs PD (Warm Springs Indian Reservation) - HIDTA

Southern Region• Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) (Douglas) - HIDTA• DEA – Eugene (Lane) – HIDTA• DEA – Medford (Jackson) - HIDTA• Klamath Falls Interagency Narcotics Team (KINT) (Klamath) • Lane County Interagency Narcotics Team (INET) (Lane) - HIDTA• Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement (MADGE) (Jackson) -

HIDTA• Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) (Josephine) • South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team (SCINT) (Coos/Curry)

Oregon Drug Task Forces

Portland Metro Region• Clackamas County Interagency Task Force (CCITF) (Clackamas) -

HIDTA• Clatsop County Interagency Narcotics Team (CCINT) (Clatsop) • Columbia Enforcement Narcotics Team (CENT) (Columbia)• DEA-Salem Task Force (Marion) - HIDTA• DEA-Portland Task Force (Multnomah) – HIDTA• HIDTA Interdiction Team (HIT) (Multnomah) - HIDTA• Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team (LINT) (Lincoln)• Multnomah County SO Special Investigations Unit (Multnomah)• Oregon Financial Crimes Task Force (Multnomah) - HIDTA• Polk Interagency Narcotics Team (POINT) (Polk)• Portland Metro Gang Task Force (PAMGTF) (Multnomah) - HIDTA• Special Enforcement Team (SET) (Multnomah)• Tillamook Narcotics Team (TNT) (Tillamook) • U.S. Marshall’s Service Fugitive Task Force (USMS) (Multnomah) -

HIDTA• Westside Interagency Narcotics Team (WIN) (Washington) – HIDTA• Yamhill County Interagency Narcotics Team (YCINT) (Yamhill)



Chris Gibson, HIDTA Director

Phone: 503-378-5123

Email: [email protected]

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