DEA OFFICIALS BRACE FOR MORE HEROIN, METH FROM MEXICO

Drug enforcement officials along the southern U.S. border are bracing
for an increase in the volume of heroin and methamphetamine coming
into the United States from Mexico this year, authorities say.

Mexican cartels are cornering markets on these narcotics and pushing
them through southern border points at big profits, according to
current and former anti-drug officials.

Officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration say methamphetamine
and heroin use is a problem throughout the country among all types of
people.

"The writing is on the wall," said Phil Jordan, a former DEA
administrator who cited the increasing availability and relative
inexpensiveness of both drugs.