When it comes to rate the most popular narcotics that are trafficked on a large scale in California, then it is undoubtedly cocaine and heroin. There are other drugs also which join the league of popularity in California and these are marijuana and methamphetamine. Most of these drugs are smuggled illegally into the state by the drug traffickers from Mexico. The drugs like marijuana and methamphetamine have their ready presence in the state as these are cultivated in huge quantities in California. The port for principal transshipment of the main drugs coming from Mexico, remain the Imperial Counties and San Diego. Usually the drug traffickers of California trade in multiple drugs instead of specializing on any one.

The northern part of the state has more methamphetamine users, especially in the rural areas. Methamphetamine is also a popular drug in the city of Sacramento and its adjoining areas. The illicit drug heroin remains a favorite in San Francisco. Now the use of heroin is spreading amongst the people of Oakland too, along with crack cocaine. The Mexican illegal drug trade organizations have joined hands with the notorious Colombian suppliers to expand their wholesale trade of cocaine. The Mexican drug traffickers specialize in cross-border cocaine smuggling. Los Angeles in California stands out as the biggest transshipment and distribution hubs for cocaine in the US. Cocaine is also readily and widely found in the city of San Francisco and the northern cities of California.

The most seized heroin varieties in California are the Mexico black tar heroin and the Mexican brown tar heroin. The Mexican black tar heroin is sourced in low quantities measuring less but not more than five pounds. The other varieties of heroin like the Southwest Asian, Southeast Asian and Colombian are also quite popular.

Moreover, these days there has been a surge in the availability of high purity heroin, which is very popular amongst the younger population as it can be just snorted in and doesn’t require syringe and needle. Besides, these are highly addictive. Mostly the ethnic Southeast Asians and West Africans have been encountered in possession of this variety. The primary drug of threat in California is Methamphetamine with the Hispanics and the Caucasians being the majority of users. The good news is that there has been a fall in the use of the club drugs like MDMA or Ecstasy in California, especially amongst the teens, which was once the rage amongst the teens as a trendy drug.