Oregon Public Broadcasting

A report on drug trafficking in Oregon will guide enforcement efforts in 2010. April Baer reports.

Chris Gibson is the director of the Oregon High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program. 

That's a federal office that compiles research and sets priorities for the region's law enforcement efforts.

Gibson notes last year's reports charted meth and marijuana as top priorities. As for this year....

Chris Gibson   "It is pretty much the same thing. Since 2008 we've seen a lot more outdoor marijuana grows and plants."

Gibson says Mexican drug trafficking organizations are still the biggest suppliers in Oregon.

Since Oregon and Mexico have made pseudoephedrine ingredients harder to get, he says meth supplies are being run in ever greater quantities along I-5 and other arteries.