City        Incidence       Who's Using         in Users       Method        Other       Emerging       Who's Selling    
                                                                                  Drugs        Drugs                          

New York, NY    stable       traditional older    none          smoking;                                                      
P.D.                         injector;                          injecting                                                     
Special                      variety of young                                                                                 
Projects                     and old crack users                                                                              
Narcotics                                                                                                                     

Yakima, WA      increasing   lower income adults  none          snorting;                                 Mexican nationals   
P.D.                                                            injecting;                                are source;         
                                                                very little                               various groups      
                                                                crack                                     involved in street  
                                                                                                          sales               

Maryland        increasing                        none                         with                       Finding cocaine in  
State Police                                                                   marijuana                  random traffic      
                                                                               in blunt                   stops; open air     
                                                                               or joint                   markets in inner    
                                                                                                          city                

Washington,     stable                                                                     PCP            Source areas are    
D.C.                                                                                       LSD            Texas, New York     
P.D.                                                                                                      and Antigua;        
                                                                                                          trafficking         
                                                                                                          controlled by       
                                                                                                          Colombians,         
                                                                                                          Cubans,             
                                                                                                          Dominicans,         
                                                                                                          Jamaicans,          
                                                                                                          African-Americans   

Dover, DE       stable       all ages and         none          smoking;                                  same groups as      
P.D.                         ethnicities                        snorting                                  those selling       
                                                                                                          heroin              

Los Angeles,    stable       older                none          smoking;       alcohol                    Mexican nationals   
CA                           African-Americans,                 injecting                                                     
P.D.                         crack is popular                                                                                 
                             among homeless                                                                                   

Boston, MA      decreasing   variety              fewer                                                                       
P.D.                                              overall                                                                     

Miami, FL       stable       wide variety         none                                                    increased seizures  
P.D.                                                                                                      of high purity      
                                                                                                          Colombian cocaine   


                                                  Table 5                                                                                      
                                                 (cont'd.)                                                                                     

                                             Police - Cocaine                                                                                     
                                                                                      
                                                                                         

City        Purchase Amount         Purity                     Other/Comments              

New York, NY     $3-25/vial        60-80% range (crack)                                          
P.D.             (crack)                                                                         
Special                                                                                          
Projects                                                                                         

Yakima, WA       $40/gram (HCl)    80-90% at kilo level                                          
P.D.                                                                                             

Maryland         $80/gram (HCl)    high                                                          
State Police     $225/  oz. (HCl)                                                                
                 $10/bag or rock                                                                 
                 (crack)                                                                         

Washington,      $80-100/gram      77-88% on average     Mid-level dealers obtain supplies from  
D.C.             (HCl)                                   Colombian and Panamanian dealers in     
P.D.             $15,000-$30,000/k                       Brooklyn, N.Y.  Supplies also come      
                 ilo                                     from Miami, Los Angeles and Texas.      
                                                         Area is transshipment point to rural    
                                                         areas.                                  

Dover, DE        $100/gram (HCl)                                                                 
P.D.                                                                                             

Los Angeles, CA  $10, $20/rock     low                                                           
P.D.             (crack)                                                                         

Boston, MA                                               Crack sales have dropped in past six    
P.D.                                                     months.  Heroin is "faster money" for   
                                                         dealers.                                

Miami, FL        $17,500/kilo      high                  Expected arrests of cartel members to   
P.D.             (HCl)                                   affect prices, but it has not in this   
                 $10, $20/rock or                        area.  Increased progress of Colombian  
                 bag (crack)                             cocaine, but no street level effect.