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

Bridgeport,    increasing    everyone             none                                                                        
CN                                                                                                                            
(Geter)                                                                                                                       

San Antonio/   increasing    everyone; lots of    more                                                    Mexican growers,    
El Paso, TX                  upper income users   professionals                                           Texas distributors  
(Ramos)                                           , middle                                                                    
                                                  class users                                                                 

Los Angeles,   increasing    60% men              more women    no blunts                                 "everybody;" wide   
CA (Annon)                   40% women                                                                    range of sellers    
                             52% over 18 years                                                                                
                             old                                                                                              

New York, NY   increasing    all groups           none                                                    sold in street or   
(Goldsmith)                                                                                               from small stores   

Atlanta, GA    increasing    crack users; also    more                         crack                      some sales of       
(Sterk-Elifon)               young, white         adolescents                  club drugs                 marijuana alone;    
                             adolescents                                                                  some sales with     
                                                                                                          crack               

Denver, CO                                                                                                                    
(Anderson)                                                                                                                    

Miami, FL      increasing    wide range, some     none                         club drugs                                     
(Page)                       high school kids                                  MDMA                                           
                                                                               Rohypnol                                       


Chicago, IL    increasing    wide range; all      none          recent         used with                  not related to      
 (Weibel)                    ages                               appearance of  many other                 gang sales or       
                                                                blunts         drugs                      sales of heroin or  
                                                                                                          cocaine             

Trenton/Newark increasing    wide range of users  none                         MDMA                       wide range of       
, NJ                                                                           club drugs                 sources including   
(French)                                                                                                  local growers       

New York, NY   stable        wide variety of      none                                                                        
(Galea)                      users                                                                                            

Austin, TX     increasing    young, males of all  increased                                methamphetamin home grown variety  
(Maxwell)                    ethnicities          number of                                e              available           
                                                  older users;                                            everywhere          
                                                  and                                                                         
                                                  African-Ameri                                                               
                                                  can users                                                                   

Newark, DE     increasing    wide variety of                                               alcohol        persons in 20s as   
(Pazzaglini)                 users                                                                        well as some        
                                                                                                          younger sellers;    
                                                                                                          supplies come from  
                                                                                                          Virginia, DC and    
                                                                                                          Baltimore; also     
                                                                                                          local varieties     
                                                                                                          available           

                                                        Table 7, (cont'd.)                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                       Ethnographers - Marijuana                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                 

City        Purchase Amount              Purity                                 Other/Comments                     


Bridgeport, CN   $10/bag           variable                                                                              
(Geter)                                                                                                                  

San Antonio/     $300/lb Juarez;   high                            Large crops of hemp being harvested and added to      
El Paso, TX      $500/lb in Texas                                  already large supplies in Texas warehouses.           
(Ramos)                                                                                                                  

Los Angeles, CA  $100-300/oz.      about 10% pure                                                                        
(Annon)          $1/joint                                                                                                

New York, NY     $5/bag; ½ oz. to                                                                                        
(Goldsmith)      1 oz. quantities                                                                                        
                 available on                                                                                            
                 street                                                                                                  

Atlanta, GA      $3/joint                                                                                                
(Sterk-Elifon)                                                                                                           

Denver, CO                                                                                                               
(Koester)                                                                                                                

Miami, FL        ¼ oz. or single                                   Not widely available at low prices; crack is cheaper  
(Page)           joints                                            and more available.                                   
                 available                                                                                               



Chicago, IL      ¼-½ oz. units;    high                            High availability recently even though this is not    
(Weibel)         single joints                                     the time of the typical seasonal increase.            
                 also available                                                                                          

Trenton/Newark,                    high                                                                                  
NJ                                                                                                                       
(French)                                                                                                                 

New York, NY     $10/bag; single   variable                                                                              
(Galea)          joints available                                                                                        

Austin, TX                         increasing                      DEA just removed 7,800 local plants valued at $11     
(Maxwell)                                                          million.                                              

Newark, DE                         low                             Supplies look as if they have been stored (i.e.,      
(Pazzaglini)                                                       somewhat moldy).