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Article: Drug Intelligence Estimates
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Drug Intelligence Estimates
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CARYN E. NEUMANN
The National Drug Intelligence Estimate (NDIE), an annual publication of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from 1985 until 1994, identified trends in drug abuse and centers of drug trafficking. NDIE grew out of the realization that illegal drug production, use, and transit affects all countries and that effective international cooperation required an exchange of information. NDIE received wide distribution within Canada and among those countries officially recognized by Canada.
As the Cold War wound down in the 1980s, new elements in the international drug trade emerged at the same time that significant intelligence ...