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| | DEA Briefs & Background, Drugs and Drug Abuse, State Factsheets, Florida |
 | | South Florida, specifically Miami-Dade and Broward counties, are still favorite areas of drug traffickers for the smuggling of large quantities of cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the continental United States from South America, Central America and the Caribbean. |
 | | Once cocaine is smuggled into south Florida, some is consumed within Miami, but the majority is destined for distribution to other areas of the state (where some is locally converted into crack cocaine) and the eastern U.S. coast, as well as Canada. |
 | | It is transported throughout Florida through the use of public transit (air, bus and train) as well as vehicles fitted with hidden compartments to move gram to kilogram quantities. |
| www.dea.gov /pubs/states/florida.html (2235 words) |
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