City     Incidence    Who is Using      D in       Method      Other    Emerging    Who's Selling
                                         Users                   Drugs      Drugs
Miami, FL   stable                     none        injecting              Rohypnol,  Street crack
P.D.                                               ,                      LSD        sellers are
                                                   smoking                           African
                                                                                     American and
                                                                                     Hispanic.
Yakima, WA  increasi   former          more        injecting   methamphe  LSD        Upper level
P.D.        ng         methamphetamine crossover               tamine                sellers are
                       users           s from                                        Mexican;
                                       methamphe                                     street sellers
                                       tamine                                        vary widely by
                                                                                     ethnicity and
                                                                                     age.
Boston, MA  stable     wide age range, none        smoking                           active corner
P.D.                   primarily                                                     sales,
                       African                                                       Dominicans
                       Americans for                                                 dominate as
                       crack                                                         source
Seattle, WA decreasi                   none        injecting              methamphe  Gangs sell
P.D.        ng                                     ,                      tamine     crack.
                                                   snorting,                         Hispanics sell
                                                   smoking                           HCl.
Eugene, OR  stable                     none        injecting                         Hispanic
P.D.                                                                                 sellers
                                                                                     selling
                                                                                     multiple
                                                                                     drugs.
Denver, CO  stable     range of users  none        smoking,                          African
P.D.                                               snorting                          American
                                                                                     sellers for
                                                                                     crack; diverse
                                                                                     sellers for
                                                                                     HCl.
Maryland    stable     HCl users       none        smoking,    alcohol    MDMA,      open air
State                  diverse; crack              snorting               Rohypnol,  markets for
Police                 users African                                      Ketamine   crack; HCl
                       American                                                      sold via
                                                                                     personal
                                                                                     contacts
New York,   stable                     none        smoking,                          separate
NY                                                 injecting                         sellers for
P.D.                                               ,                                 cocaine and
                                                   snorting                          other drugs
Cleveland,  stable                     none        smoking                LSD        many sources
OH                                                                                   are New York
P.D.                                                                                 City dealers;
                                                                                     local sellers
                                                                                     are often
                                                                                     Hispanic

   


Table 5 (cont'd.)

Police - Cocaine

       
     City        Purchase         Purity               Other/Comments
                  Amount
Miami, FL      $17,500/kilo  high              Courier sellers of HCl and
P.D.           $10-20/bag                      crack are most often Hispanic.
Yakima, WA     $40/gram      90% at kilo       There is almost no crack
P.D.           $750/oz.      level             available, all HCl.  Due to
                                               decline in quality of
                                               methamphetamine supply, meth
                                               users are switching to
                                               cocaine.
Boston, MA     $10-20/rock   variable          
P.D.           $40-100/gram
Seattle, WA    $50-150/gram  variable          Cocaine is "no longer seen as
P.D.           $700-                           the drug of choice," even
               2,000/oz.                       though it is available.
                                               "Methamphetamine is the news
                                               here."
Eugene, OR     $900/oz.                        Very little crack seen.
P.D.
Denver, CO     $100/gram     variable          Larger quantities are
P.D.                                           difficult to buy.  Quality is
                                               also lower than in the past
Maryland,      $80-90/gram   high              
State Police   $10, 20/rock
New York, NY   $25,000/kilo  high              They have not seen any
P.D.                                           shortages or price changes.
Cleveland, OH  $100/gram                       There has been an increase
P.D.           $1,800-                         lately in confiscations at
               2,200/oz.                       kilo level.