Table 5
Law Enforcement Report on Cocaine/Crack
City | ||||
|
Baltimore, MD P.D. |
Chicago, IL P.D. |
New York, NY P.D. |
Bridgeport, CT P.D. | |
| Use | up | down slightly | stable at high level | down |
| Who's Using/ Change in Users | crack users in mid-30s HC1 users are 18-25 | diverse user group | diverse user group, all ages, all ethnicities | diverse group of users |
| Method |
smoking snorting |
smoking | smoking | |
| Drugs in Combination | heroin | |||
| Who's Selling | wide variety of units sold on street -- from 1 or 2 "baggies"to multi-ounce quantities | African-American and Hispanic gangs at street level | sellers in every neighborhood; in high school areas, colleges | moved to younger dealers selling both heroin and cocaine |
| Purchase Amount/Purity | $10/rock | $10/rock 75-85% at Kilo level | $10/vial 80-90% pure | high |
| Other/Comments | Crack is the most prevalent drug in arrest cases. Starting to see an increase in powder availability again | Currently, cocaine is not available. Some crack samples tested have proved negative for cocaine | Cocaine tends to "hit the younger crowd," but it's "not prejudiced." | The number of incidents have declined from 709 in 1995 to 139 in first half of 1997 |
Table 5, cont'd.
Law Enforcement Report on Cocaine/Crack
City | ||||
|
Miami, FL P.D. |
San Antonio, TX P.D. |
Trenton, NJ P.D. |
Washington, DC P.D. | |
| Use | stable | up | up | stable |
| Who's Using/ Change in Users | diverse user group | diverse user group; all ages, all ethnicities; more middle- class users now evident | crack users are 15-35 years old, African- American; HC1 users are 18-30, White and Hispanic | diverse user group 20-50 |
| Method | smoking |
smoking injection |
smoking snorting injection |
smoking snorting |
| Drugs in Combination | marijuana | |||
| Who's Selling | African Americans at street level; Colombians or Cubans at kilo level | at mid-level, upper middle-class Hispanic | African-American males also often selling marijuana | sellers 25-40; sell both heroin and cocaine |
|
Purchase Amount/Purity |
$5-$10/rock 40-50% pure |
$800/oz. $18,000/kilo 60-80% pure |
$25-$30/gram crack $70-$100/gram HCl |
$10/bag $800-$1400/oz. $20-$25K/kilo 60-80% pure |
| Other/Comments | Marijuana and crack are used in sequence so the marijuana can take the edge off the cocaine effect (probably because there is more marijuana available) | Crack is our #1 problem | ||
Table 5, cont'd.
Law Enforcement Report on Cocaine/Crack
City | ||
|
Columbia, MD P.D. |
Cleveland, OH P.D. | |
| Use | stable | up |
| Who's Using/ Change in Users | diverse user group | |
| Method |
smoking snorting injection |
smoking |
| Drugs in Combination | marijuana | heroin |
| Who's Selling | wide range of sellers | |
| Purchase Amount/Purity | $25-1/4 gram $1,000/oz. |
$100/gram $10/rock |
| Other/Comments | Problem with "designer powder" (synthetics) being confused for heroin and cocaine | Many crack units seized test negative for cocaine content because there is little cocaine powder available |
