City    Incidence    Who's Using    Change in   Method     Other    Emerging    Who's Selling
                                          Users                Drugs      Drugs
Birmingha  up          rural and        none       blunts    cocaine    MDMA       sold in
m, AL                  suburban white                                              "yuppie"
P.D.                   users                                                       neighborhoods
                                                                                   in networks
Yakima,                                                                            
WA
DEA

Maryland   up          youth                                            LSD        dealt within
State                                                                   MDMA       groups; not an
Police                                                                  Rohypnol   open market


Boston,    stable                       none                 crack                 increased
MA P.D.                                                                            amounts coming
                                                                                   into the area
                                                                                   through the
                                                                                   mail
Seattle,   up                                                                      indoor growing
WA                                                                                 and exporting
DEA                                                                                apparent
Miami, FL  up          young adults,    more in              Rohypnol              
P.D.                   college          middle
                       students         and high
                                        school
                                        youth
Washingto  high        wide range, but  more       blunts    LSD        Khat       
n, DC                  most popular     younger              methamphe
P.D.                   among teens      users (12            t-amine
                                        and
                                        under)
Denver,    up          wide range                                                  
CO
P.D.
Eugene,                wide range       none                                       
OR
P.D.
Cleveland  up                           more       blunts    PCP                   more suburban
, OH                                    adult                                      suppliers
P.D.                                    users
   


Table 8 (cont'd.)

Police Report on Marijuana: April 1996

      
    City         Purchase         Purity              Other/Comments
                  Amount
Birmingham,   $150/oz.                        
AL
P.D.

Yakima, WA                                    
P.D.

Maryland      $40/ 1/8 oz.                    
State Police


Boston, MA    $10/gram (2                     Changes to smaller packaging
P.D.          joints)                         units (from $10 to $40 units)
                                              to attract younger users.

Seattle, WA   $2,500-                         
DEA           $5,000/lb.
Miami, FL     $2,000-         in hydroponic,  There was a recent large bust
P.D.          $4,000/lb.      THC is very     of an estate where $35 million
              $100-$125/      high; Jamaican  worth of hydroponically grown
              1/2 oz. for     variety much    marijuana was found.
              hydroponicall   lower
              y grown
Washington,   $10/bag (800-   20% THC         Young users are also
DC            1000 mg.)                       experimenting with snorting
P.D.          $20/bag                         household products.
              ("dub")
              contains 1600-
              2000 mg.)
              $90-175/oz
Denver, CO    $100-$200/oz.                   Seizures of marijuana up
P.D.                                          almost 300% over last year.
Eugene, OR    $15/gram for                    Increased number of new
P.D.          green bud                       methamphetamine labs springing
              $10/gram for                    up.  Prices of meth $40/oz.
              Mexican
              $250/oz.
Cleveland,                                    
OH
P.D.