Atlanta Vice: Drug Addiction, Drug Dealing, Big Business in Atlanta

When asked what city would be considered the hub of illegal drug distribution for the Eastern Seaboard, the answer may surprise you. Many say Miami, others may say Baltimore, both large shipping ports.

However, the answer is surprising.

A story investigated by WSB News, in Atlanta, reveals that while Miami may have been the main drug distribution point in the 80’s, the new distribution center for the eastern seaboard is Atlanta, Georgia.

“It may surprise many people that Atlanta is the new drug capital,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of Narconon Drug Rehab, Atlanta Recovery Center. “However, those dealing with drug rehab and drug addiction have seen a shift from supply areas. Atlanta is the hub for the East Coast, unfortunately.”

The director of Atlanta’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, Jack Killoran, agrees. “We are the source of supply for Miami. We’re no longer a consumer area. We are, literally, a supply area…Drug dealing in Atlanta is big business.”

“The Atlanta area is a major hub for the distribution, and for the movement, of large shipments of cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine,” says Rodney Benson, Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta office of the DEA. “It’s a staging area, and a transshipment point.”

Atlanta has become the major hub for drug distribution because of the amount of interstate highways converging in the Atlanta Area.

“All roads lead to Atlanta,” comments Ms. Rieser. “The factors making Atlanta the hub also include the tightened security at airports, which means drugs are now moving down the highways instead of the airports. Many drug networks are set up in quiet high scale neighborhoods, where no one would be aware of a meth or cocaine warehouse set up in a million-dollar home. Several homes have been raided that don’t store drugs, but bails and bails of cash. Dealers are treating this as big business and using Atlanta as their distribution center.”

“Fortunately, our effective drug rehab program can get someone off drugs and living a drug-free, productive life. We don’t have recovering drug addicts, we have recovered drug addicts.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with an alcohol or other drug problem, contact Narconon Atlanta Recovery Center today for immediate assistance.  Visit www.atlantarecoverycenter.com or call 1-877-413-3073.

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