Is Guam a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area?

Yes according to Attorney General Leevin Camacho who filed a "HIDTA" designation application jointly with Hawaii and the CNMI.

On The LINK, Camacho said the application has been reviewed.

"We received word that they had denied our request to be designated as a HIDTA area joining Hawaii HIDTA," he said. "One of the things we have to concede is that the meth is the biggest problem facing our island so most of the data we put in there was involving meth and the impact it's had on our community. We realized through our opioid litigation that we don't have a ton of data on how the excessive the opioid problem is on the island and nationally that is the biggest problem facing us outside of Guam and Hawaii probably so there may have been a shift in resources - kind of more towards the opioid epidemic."

A HIDTA designation would have given Guam access to federal resources and information sharing, but Camacho said our new working relationship with Hawaii and the CNMI will help him go back to the drawing board and resubmit a new application including Guam's opioid data to bolster our chances of receiving HIDTA status.