City    Incidence    Who is Using      D in       Method    Other     Emerging   Who's Selling
                                         Users                Drugs      Drugs
Miami, FL stable      traditional      none       injecting            LSD        Hispanic
P.D.                  older users                                                 sellers; some
                                                                                  coming through
                                                                                  airport
Yakima,   stable      traditional      none       injecting  cocaine   LSD,       Mexican
WA                    older users                                      methamphe  sellers at
P.D.                                                                   tamine     upper level
Boston,   increasin   different        none       snorting,                       Dominicans and
MA        g           ethnicities,                injecting                       Colombians
P.D.                  adult users                                                 dominate the
                                                                                  trade; very
                                                                                  little South
                                                                                  East Asian
                                                                                  heroin on the
                                                                                  street.
Seattle,  stable      traditional      none       injecting            methamphe  street level
WA                    older users                                      tamine     sales operated
P.D.                                                                              by gangs
Eugene,   increasin   all types of     more       injecting            methamphe  Hispanic
OR        g           users            diverse                         tamine     sellers
P.D.                                   younger
                                       group now
                                       using
Denver,   increasin   traditional      many more  injecting            methadrin  Mexican
CO        g           users; also      middle                          e          nationals
P.D.                  white users in   income
                      higher socio-    White
                      economic status  users
Maryland  increasin   traditional      more       injecting  alcohol   LSD,       open air
State     g           users and new    diverse    in urban             MDMA,      markets in
Police                suburban users   user       areas,               Ketamine,  urban areas
                                       group,     snorting             Rohypnol
                                       more       in
                                       suburban   suburbs
                                       users,
                                       younger
                                       users
New York, stable                                  injecting                       heroin and
NY                                                ,                               cocaine sales
P.D.                                              snorting                        still
                                                                                  separate; more
                                                                                  Colombian
                                                                                  heroin
                                                                                  available
Cleveland stable                       none                            LSD        local sellers
, OH                                                                              from many
P.D.                                                                              areas, sources
                                                                                  unknown.

   

Table 2 (cont'd.)

Police - Heroin

       
     City         Purchase          Purity              Other/Comments
                   Amount
Miami, FL      $125,000/kilo   high             Though trafficking through
P.D.           $10, $20/bag                     Miami is evident, the number
                                                of users is still not
                                                appreciable.
Yakima, WA     $80/gram        low (3-9%)       Most available variety is low
P.D.           $1,500/oz.                       grade, Mexican brown and black
                                                tar.
Boston, MA     $6-10/bag       high             "Heroin must be coming in by
P.D.           $180/"brick"                     the boatloads."  Many buyers
               (50 bags)                        on the street all night long.
                                                Prices differ when undercover
                                                cops buy: African American
                                                cops buy for $30/gram White
                                                cops buy for $40/gram
Seattle, WA    $250-300/gram   variable (28-    Little Southeast Asian heroin
P.D.                           62%)             available; almost all black
                                                tar from Mexico.
Eugene, OR     $1,100/oz.      low              Primarily black tar available;
P.D.                                            increasing use among the
                                                young.
Denver, CO     $150/gram       high             Many more suburban buyers are
P.D.           $25-30/bag                       apparent.  A reverse sting
                                                operation picked up over 100
                                                white suburban users buying
                                                black tar.
Maryland State $60-70/gram     variable         Preparation of heroin for sale
Police         (for                             is determined by the buyer.
               injection)                       High purity, inhaled heroin
               $200/gram                        goes to suburban buyers and
               (for                             costs 3-4 times the injectable
               snorting)                        product going to inner city
                                                buyers.
New York, NY   $90-            high (40-60%)    
P.D.           100,000/kilo
Cleveland, OH  $1,400/oz.                       China white most available in
P.D.           $100/gram                        the area