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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drugs & Organized Crime Awareness Service

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drugs & Organized Crime Awareness Service. Sgt. Scott Rintoul June 4, 2007. Question?. 1) What impact does drugs or drug use have with your Community? 2) What impact does drugs or drug use have with Policing / Justice System in your Community?.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drugs & Organized Crime Awareness Service

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  1. Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceDrugs & Organized Crime Awareness Service Sgt. Scott Rintoul June 4, 2007

  2. Question? • 1) What impact does drugs or drug use have with yourCommunity? • 2) What impact does drugs or drug use have withPolicing / Justice System in your Community?

  3. Impact in a Community • Increase in petty crime, violent crime • Housing $ decrease, business $ decrease, • Health Care, resources, wait times • Coroner/Social Services, 1st Response Agencies • Youth, school, addiction, OD, DEC • Frustration, Burn out, Safety, Injury • Organized Crime - $ laundering, corruption • Impaired Driving, MVA’s, Police Resources

  4. Impact in a Community • Increase in public fear, paranoia, frustration • Tourism - affected/targeted • Family – relationships, disfunctional • Increase in taxes, insurance, hydro • Homelessness, Mentally Ill & Addiction • Justice System • Strain on community services/NGO agencies • 100% of the community impacted

  5. Question? • WHY DO PEOPLE USE DRUGS? • Social, recreational, to party, their right! • Increase mood, dance longer • Reduce day to day stress • Peer pressure (friends, family, spouse) • Addiction – must use!

  6. Consequences of Use?Trends for 2007 • Alcohol – binge drinking, pass out, DUI, fights, sickness, miss work, miss school • Marihuana – use at all time high in BC (tobacco use at all time low in Canada) • Violence – fights, abuse in relationships • Sex – Assaults, DFSA, Exploitation, Unwanted Pregnancy, STD, HIV

  7. Consequences of Use?Trends for 2007 • Family, Friends, Relationships • Change in goals, dreams, aspirations • Low risk use to high risk/poly drug use • Mental illness – depression, psychosis • Break the law, rules, regulations • Behaviour – skip, miss, late, fail class, fail year, fired, kicked off, quit, crime

  8. New Trends in Canada • Increase in Methamphetamine use (1994/2007) • Increase in Ecstasy use (1995 - 2007) • Increase in GHB and Ketamine use (1998/2007) • Increase in Methamphetaminelabs (Economic) • Increase in Ecstasy labs (Economic) • Increase in Chemical Drug use/seizures • Increase in Chemical Drug associated crime • i.e. Methamphetamine – Vehicle/Identity theft

  9. Current Drug Use Trends, 2007 • Younger first time users • Increase in morbidity in youth • Increase in mortality (youth / adults) • More drugs than ever before • Drugs are easier to obtain / more potent • Increase in the smoking of drugs • HIV, HEP, STD (I.V. drug use/Unsafe Sex)

  10. Obstacles for Youth • Adolescent Period is a very difficult time in ones life • #1 reason for cause of death / morbidity > 1 year old – 20 year old age group “ alcohol and drug related accidents, incidents and suicide” 100% preventable? • Mental Health & Treatment (average age) Male 18 – 25 yrs., Female 25 –35 yrs.

  11. When do they start? • 11 – 12 year olds - Tobacco • 12 – 13 year olds - Alcohol • 13 – 14 year olds – (20 - 26%) > Marihuana • 14 – 15 year olds - Cocaine • 15 - 16 olds - Heroin, Crystal Meth & Ecstasy • National School Surveys

  12. MDMA / MDA MDE / 2C-B MMDA / FOXY GHB CRYSTAL METH PCP / KETAMINE LSD / PSYLOCYBIN CANNABIS COCAINE HEROIN Alcohol Tobacco Opiates DXM Legal Psychoactives Nitrous Oxide Amyl Nitrate STREET & PARTY DRUGS

  13. Chemical Drug Trends • 1990’s importation of MDMA (tablets), Meth (powder), Ketamine, GHB • Early 2000’s importation of MDMA (powder), Ketamine, production of Meth, GHB & / or analogs, MDMA cocktails • Today – importation of MDMA precursor, Ketamine, production of MDMA cocktails, Meth and GHB & / or analogs

  14. Crystal MA &Ecstasy in Tablets

  15. ECSTASY-------------------------------- Stimulant (like Methamphetamine) with hallucinogenic properties ( 60% / 40%) Taken orally, snorted Description: Powder usually in capsule or press tab form Effects > 3 – 5 hours

  16. Ecstasy Effects on Body • Physical Effects • Stimulated Activity • Stimulated Vital Signs • Dilated Pupils • Psychological Effects • Feelings of Empathy & Love • Subjective Heightening of All of the Senses

  17. Physiological Effects • Stimulant Properties - like adrenaline & amphetamines ­ Heart Rate (tachycardia) ­ Blood Pressure Dilates Pupils and Bronchi Stimulates the Brain -  motor activity, more alert • Tight jaw muscles (trismus; V cranial nerve) • Grinding of the teeth (bruxism; V cranial nerve) • Overheating/sweating/dehydration • • Mild Hallucinogenic Properties - like mescaline • Enhances the senses with some perceptual changes, • no major hallucinations; enhances tactile sensations

  18. Common Drug Combos • Ecstasy and LSD(candy flipping) • Ecstasy and Mushrooms(hippy flipping) • Ecstasy and Ketamine (kitty flipping) • Ecstasy and PCP(elephant flipping) • Ecstasy and DXM (robo flipping)

  19. METHAMPHETAMINE • CNS Stimulant • Easy to use! • Snort, Inject (Bang), Smoke, Swallow, Hoop • Effects 2 > 8 hours • Highly addictive • “Crystal, Jib, Shards”

  20. Cocaine Organic Smoking 15 min Anaesthesia Expensive habit Hits you hard < alcohol Less psychiatric Hep C Ref: Dr Ian Martin Methamphetamine Synthetic Smoking 8 - 12 hrs No medical use 75% cheaper Hits you late < marihuana More psychiatric Cognitive Impairment Cocaine vs Methamphetamine

  21. Users of Crystal • High Functioning users (workplace, professionals & students) • Recreational users (Ravers, Clubbers, LGBT using population) • Chronic Dependent users • Homeless / Street Entrenched • Street criminals (auto theft, identify theft)

  22. GHB / GBL / BD ? • CNS depressant – gives alcohol like high • Rough White Powder like laundry detergent, may give off odor similar to mothballs. • Sold as: “cherry meth, liquid X, liquid ecstacy” • water soluble, odorless and colorless • effects max out at 6 hours

  23. Slow, Slurred Speech Impaired Attention Drowsy Sedated Nystagmus Droopy Eyelids Intoxication Like Alcohol Difficulty Concentrating Disoriented Heart Rate + / - GHB Influence Signs

  24. Ketamine Identification • Injectablepharmaceuticalliquid vial • off-white powder • Snort, i.v., i.m., ingest, smoke • 25 – 200 mg

  25. KETAMINE • Ketalar – Human, Ketaset - Animal Psychedelic Effects: up to 2 Hours • Effects; Stimulant, hallucinations, floating sensation, sedative, visual distortions • O.D.; Anxiety, nausea, muscle weakness, impaired vision & speech, altered attention, learning & memory, sleep disorders, panic attacks, convulsions, respiratory depression, coma

  26. Challenges/Sexually Exploited • Lack of awareness regarding the drugs used and their effects • Chemical drugs / Club drugs use on the rise • Date-rape related drugs used more and more intentionally –not always unintentional • Age at first use is younger and younger

  27. Enabler Alcohol GHB Crystal Meth MDMA/ Ecstasy Disabler Alcohol GHB Ketamine Rohypnol/ Flunitrazepam Implicated Drugs Rave / Club / Date Scene

  28. Policing in Canada

  29. Policing in Canada

  30. Goal Reduce/delay/eliminate alcohol, tobacco, drug use and risky behaviour by making good decisions! Grade 5 / 7 –alcohol, tobacco, weed

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