Bill Would Expand Anti-Drug Trafficking Program to Include Arizona District One

Arizona Representative Ann Kirkpatrick has introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives that expands an anti-drug trafficking program to include District One law enforcement. The bill gives local, state, and tribal law enforcement new access to resources and information, helping them to shut down drug trafficking routes through the First Congressional District. The Southwest Border Narcotics Reduction Act will add seven Arizona counties to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program run by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Eight of Arizona’s 15 counties are already part of the program. The bill brings Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Apache, Coconino, Navajo and Yavapai Counties into the program. Kirkpatrick says that the HIDTA program has been extremely successful in the Arizona counties already enrolled. Meth seizures in those counties fell by almost 40% over two years, and cocaine seizures dropped by almost a third.


(High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas)