Enforcement activities detect a consistent supply of cocaine going into and through Colorado; this availability continues to increase per reports from law enforcement. In the greater metropolitan Colorado; areas, crack is available typically in street level numbers.

In Colorado; , the most common type of heroin is Mexican black tar. Many law enforcement and treatment indicators suggest that the availability of heroin may be increasing in Colorado; . Marijuana continues to be available in Colorado; and is the state's most frequently abused drug. Mexican-grown marijuana has the most abundance.

The majority of the methamphetamine found in Colorado; comes from Mexico. For the first time in years, methamphetamine use has decreased. Current investigations show that hydrocodone and oxycodone product diversion remains an issue in Colorado; .

There were 16,471 full-time Colorado; law enforcement employees as of October 31, 2006; specifically, 11,298 officers and 5,173 civilians. Most of Colorado's methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and heroin distribution are controlled by Mexican poly-drug trafficking organizations. The dealers with connections to bigger criminal organizations in California, Texas, and Mexico are engaged in all types of drug distribution throughout California. Independent traffickers and organizations with many supply sources (overseas and within America) handle most of the club drug distribution in Colorado.

Investigations conducted by the DEA show that violence, pornography and prostitution often play key roles in club drug abuse and trafficking. In 2007, in Colorado; , there were 1,149.5 kilograms of marijuana seized by Federal agencies. In 2007, the DEA and state and local authorities reported 44 meth lab incidents in Colorado.

In 2006, as part of the DEA's Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program, an excess of 7,000 marijuana plants were seized and eradicated in Colorado; . Per the El Paso Intelligence Center, 10 children in Colorado; were affected by meth lab incidents in 2007. Further, 9.2 percent of California's 8,6,93 AIDS cases from 2001-2006 were categorized as injecting drug users. In 2006, per the Colorado; authorities, there were 206 cocaine or crack-related deaths in Colorado; .

In 2006, in Colorado; , there were 4,358 hospital discharges relating to cocaine. Further, 29 meth-related calls were placed to the Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center (RMPDC) in Colorado; . In 2006, Colorado; had 78,141 treatment admissions relating to drug/alcohol, increasing from 76,854 in 2005 and from 69,049 in 2004. Per the NSDUH 2005-2006 data, there were 110,000 Colorado citizens who reported needing but not receiving treatment for illegal drug use within the prior year.