City     Incidence    Who's Using    Change in   Method     Other    Emerging    Who's Selling
                                          Users                Drugs      Drugs
Birmingham  up         diverse group    more       smoking   marijuana             white males 18-
, AL                                    upper      inhaling                        20
P.D.                                    income
                                        users
Yakima, WA  stable                                 injectio  marijuana  methamphe  Large Hispanic
DEA                                                n                    t-amine    family
                                                                                   organizations.
Maryland    stable                                 smoking                         Cocaine
State                                              injectin                        dealers now
Police                                             g                               sell heroin
                                                                                   also.
Boston, MA  down                        fewer      smoking   marijuana             Dominicans and
P.D.                                    crack                                      Colombians
                                        users
Seattle,    stable                                 smoking   methamphe  methamphe  Hispanics deal
WA                                                 inhaling  t-amine    t-amine    at street
P.D.                                                                               level.

Miami, FL   stable                                 smoking                         Street level
P.D.                                               inhaling                        crack dealers
                                                                                   are teenagers.
Washington  down       wide range of    none       smoking   PCP                   primary
DC P.D.                users for                   inhaling  Xanax                 suppliers are
                       crack; HCl                            Percocet              Colombian,
                       users are                             Dilaudid              Jamaican,
                       middle aged,                                                Cuban,
                       more affluent                                               Dominicans;
                                                                                   more one on
                                                                                   one sales.
Denver, CO  stable     upper income     none       inhaling  heroin                Mexican
P.D.                   white users for             smoking   methamphe             nationals
                       HCl; African                          t-amine
                       American users
                       for crack
Eugene, OR  up                                     inhaling                        Hispanic
P.D.                                               injectin                        sellers
                                                   g
Cleveland,  crack up                    more       smoking   marijuana  psilocybi  
OH          HCl down                    adult                heroin     n
P.D.                                    users                



Table 5  (cont'd.)

Police Report on Cocaine:  April 1996

      
    City        Purchase         Purity               Other/Comments
                 Amount
Birmingham,   $15-$20/                        
AL            1/10 gram
P.D.          crack
Yakima, WA    $650-         80-90%            Very little HCl use.  It comes
DEA           $700/oz.                        in as powder and gets
                                              distributed as crack.  Mexican
                                              methamphetamine availability
                                              is rising.
Maryland      $80-$90/gram  7% HCl            
State Police  $10,          85% crack
              $20/rock
Boston, MA    $800/oz.      40-60%            Crack use appears to be
P.D.                                          declining.
Seattle, WA   $1,200-       60%               Methamphetamine users switch
P.D.          $1,800/oz.                      to cocaine when supplies of
                                              meth get scarce.
Miami, FL     $1,700/kilo   50% retail        
P.D.          HCl           80-90%
              $5,           wholesale
              $10/crack
              rocks
Washington    $10-100/bag   crack:  40-70%    Crack use is bottoming out.
DC            depending on  HCl:  60-90%      "You see hard using heroin
P.D.          amount                          users afraid of crack.  There
              contains (60-                   have been too many casualties
              500 mg.);                       in the war."
              large piece
              of crack
              called a
              "meatball")
Denver, CO    $1,000/oz.    HCl (50%)         Crack seizures are up over
P.D.          (HCl)         crack (90%)       200% from last year.  Cocaine
              $1,200-                         HCl seizures up over 100%.
              $1,400/oz.
              (crack)
Eugene, OR    $800/oz.                        Use has increased lately due
P.D.          $15, $20/                       to scarcity of
              1/4 gram                        methamphetamine.
Cleveland,    $100/gram                       Use of HCl powder is virtually
OH                                            gone, though crack is still
P.D.                                          popular.