Drug Free World – Real Life Drug Story – The Truth About Crack Cocaine – WHAT IS CRACK COCAINE? Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.1 It comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white. Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated. Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine. Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediate—but very short-lived—high that lasts about fifteen minutes. And because addiction can develop even more rapidly if the substance is smoked rather than snorted (taken in through the nose), an abuser can become addicted after his or her first time trying crack. Because of cocaine’s high cost, it has long been considered a “rich man’s drug.” Crack, on the other hand, is sold at prices so low that even teens can afford to buy it—at first. The truth is that once a person is addicted, the expense skyrockets in direct ratio to the increasing amount needed to support the habit. Crack & Crime The 2006 US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack. Among those 18 to 25, 6.9% of those surveyed said they had used cocaine (including crack) within the last year. The 2007 US Government’s Monitoring the Future survey found that among high-school students, 3.2% of …

 

Cambridge Police execute warrant to arrest crack cocaine dealer

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Police arrested a Somerville man on charges of selling crack cocaine after officers executed a warrant to search him and his 1999 Dodge Stratus. On July 31, police reportedly applied for and received two search warrants out of Cambridge District Court …
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Lincoln man imprisoned for selling crack cocaine

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 41-year-old Lincoln man has been given four to eight years in prison for selling crack cocaine. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Jaquant Ford twice sold crack to an undercover officer in 2011. Ford pleaded guilty in January …
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Police: Beacon man faces charges for gun, crack, heroin

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Town of Newburgh police found several hundred packets of heroin, an illegally possessed .23 caliber handgun, ammunition, dozens of packets of crack cocaine, packaging material, an electronic scale and about $ 16000, after stopping Williams, who was …
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