and in 1986, they increased 110 percent, from 26,300 to 55,200. Between 1984 and 1987, cocaine incidents increased fourfold. Source: DEA Museum, "DEA History: 1985-1990: The Crack Epidemic"
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Crack epidemic (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The crack epidemic refers to the surge of crack houses and crack cocaine use in major cities in the United States between 1984 and 1990. Fallout from the crack epidemic included a huge surge in addi...
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-Caveat Lector- THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CRACK COCAINE EPIDEMIC: by Martin F. Abernathy <><><> [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] [The information in this article was provided by Charles Schlund of Glendale, AZ. Much of this information is contained in the affidavit that he wrote when he filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government].
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Later, in 1985, the crack epidemic hit the United States full force, resulting in escalating violence among rival groups and crack users in many other U.S. cities. By 1989, the crack epidemic was still raging and drug abuse was considered the most important issue facing the nation. ... The Crack Epidemic...
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Critics and commentators would later debate whether the Mercury News articles in fact accused the United States government of being responsible for the nation's crack cocaine epidemic. ... Regardless of the intent of the Mercury News, the accusation of government involvement in the crack epidemic had taken root.
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Narconon information about cocaine addiction, treatment and the Narconon Rehabilitation Program. ... References ; 1 . The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs: Cocaine, A New Epidemic, by Chris-Ellyn Johanson. 2 . A Brief History of Cocaine, by Steven B. Karch ; ... Crack Cocaine Information...
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Probably the most remarkable facet of that history is how quickly the "cokeeshop" phenomenon developed in the City, after the State decriminalized coca leaf in October 1990. Everyone assumed that the crack dealers would fight to regain their market, but they just seemed to disappear in the face of the combined force...
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Douglas Berman, law professor at Ohio State University, talks with Michele Norris about how the disparity in sentencing minimums between crack and powdered cocaine began. Berman says harsher penalties for crack cocaine stem from the high crime rates resulting from the crack epidemic of the mid- to late 1980s...
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And what about folks who had a history of domestic violence like Ike Turner,or the Rev. Al Green , or Marvin Gaye. How did this affect their creativity? That one statement was pretty loaded, wasn't it? ... The San Jose Mercury News has just published an extensive 3 day expose on the crack epidemic.
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The Consortium is a website dedicated to independent investigative journalism ... Whatever the details of Webb’s death, American history owes him a huge debt. ... Also, the African-American community was furious at the possibility that U.S. government policies had contributed to the crack-cocaine epidemic.
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