City           Incidence    Who is Using      D in      Method     Other    Emerging    Who's Selling
                                                      Users                Drugs      Drugs
Austin, TX               high      males in         none                                       Mexican
(Maxwell)                          twenties; 36%                                               sources for
                                   African                                                     Mexican
                                   American, 40%                                               marijuana;
                                   White, 23%                                                  also local
                                   Hispanic                                                    Texas dealers
                                                                                               (Anglos and
                                                                                               Hispanics.)
San Francisco, CA        high      high school and  none      blunts                LSD        sold now with
(Murphy)                           college aged                                     psilocybi  crack; many
                                   users                                            n          local growers;
                                   primarily,                                       methamphe  becoming a
                                   through a wide                                   tamine     "rough trade"
                                   range uses
Atlanta, GA             stable     wide range of    none                  crack     "club      no single
(Sterk-Elifson)                    users                                            drugs"     profile of
                                                                                    methamphe  sellers
                                                                                    tamine
El Paso, TX              high      wide range,      none      blunts      cocaine              wide range of
(Ramos)                            many young                                                  sellers
                                   users
New York, NY             high      wide range of    none                                       few street
(Galea)                            users                                                       sales; only
                                                                                               small amounts
                                                                                               sold
Chicago, ILL             high      wide range of    none                  PCP       Ritalin    
(Weibel)                           users                                  crack
Los Angeles, CA        up slight   even             none                  PCP       inhalants  Everyone
(Annon)                ly          distribution                                     methamphe  sells,
                                   among                                            tamine     including
                                   ethnicities,                                                heroin and
                                   all ages                                                    crack dealers.
                                   including teens
Bridgeport, CN           high      teens and young  none      blunts      cocaine   Rohypnol   Sellers sell
(Geter)                            adults                                 PCP       Ketamine   only
                                                                                    MDMA       marijuana.
                                                                                               
Miami, FL                high      high school,     none                                       Hydroponically
(Page)                             even middle                                                 grown products
                                   school-aged                                                 are sold by
                                   users                                                       locals;
                                                                                               separate
                                                                                               dealers for
                                                                                               other drugs.
Trenton/Newark, N.J.     high      wide range of    none                  alcohol   MDMA       
(French)                           users
Baltimore, MD            high      teens and young                        alcohol   PCP        neighborhood,
(Murdock)                          adults, some                           ,                    non-organized
                                   older users                            heroin               dealers
                                                                          (older
                                                                          users)
Dover/Newark, DE         high      all ages         none      blunts      alcohol   MDMA       
(Pazzaglini)                                                              ,         LSD
                                                                          PCP       Rohypnol
St. Petersburg, FL       high      young adults     none                  alcohol   Rohypnol   
(Mieczkowski)                                                             ,
                                                                          LSD
New York, NY             high      everyone         none                            "club      
(Goldsmith)                                                                         drugs"

   

Table 7, (cont'd.)

Ethnographers - Marijuana
            
          City              Purchase             Purity                         Other/Comments
                             Amount
Austin, TX                Mexican:                                It is abundant; the "home grown" variety
(Maxwell)                 $500-700/lb.                            is everywhere.  State school survey shows
                          domestic:                               lifetime use in grades 4-6 went from 3% in
                          $650-                                   1990 to 6% in 1994.
                          3,000/lb.
San Francisco, CA         $40/1/8 oz.;                very high   Where marijuana is sold by crack dealers,
(Murphy)                  $20/bag $350-                           the trade is getting as "rough as crack."
                          450/oz.
Atlanta, GA                                              high     Lots of combined marijuana and crack
(Sterk-Elifson)                                                   smoking still seen.
                                                                  
El Paso, TX                                                       Many young marijuana sellers are carrying
(Ramos)                                                           on Mexican family business of growing and
                                                                  selling hemp.
New York, NY              $100-700/oz.                 variable   There is a rise in older "marijuana
(Galea)                   $5-10/bag                               connoisseurs",  as well as widespread use
                                                                  among the young.
Chicago, IL                                            variable   "Ozone" is a marijuana cigarette laced
(Weibel)                                                          with PCP and crack and sold for $15; sales
                                                                  began this summer.  Used by PCP users
                                                                  and/or polydrug users.  Marijuana and PCP
                                                                  tend to modify the intense crack high.
Los Angeles, CA           $1/joint                                
(Annon)                   $100-300/oz.
Bridgeport, CN            $10/bag                        high     Sees very few suburban buyers for
(Geter)                                                           marijuana because there is a separate,
                                                                  active market for that; PCP and mescaline
                                                                  also established out in suburbs.
Miami, FL                                                         Marijuana sellers are a distinctly
(Page)                                                            different group than heroin or cocaine
                                                                  sellers.
Trenton/Newark, N.J.      $10/bag                        high     Sources are primarily local.
(French)
Baltimore, MD             $1-3/joint                     high     
(Murdock)
Dover/Newark, DE                        generally poor, but       Teens who report marijuana but no PCP use
(Pazzaglini)                            increasing quality this   are testing positive for PCP indicating
                                        quarter                   frequency with which it is laced with PCP.
                                                                  Marijuana is a basic drug used with most
                                                                  everything.
St. Petersburg, FL                                                Many youths mix it with alcohol or
(Mieczkowski)                                                     hallucinogens, but there are also
                                                                  "marijuana only" users.
New York, NY                                                      
(Goldsmith)