The Emergence of Crack Cocaine AbuseNova Publishers, 2002 - 106 стор. Cocaine was once considered the elite's drug, with a price so high that only the very wealthy could afford it, and thought by many to be 'safe'. But during the 1980s, a dangerous and cheap derivative began appearing on the street. This drug, crack, is a cocaine free-base produced relatively safely and easily. Because of its low production costs, crack became popular among the lower classes, leading to an epidemic in the late 1980s, with estimates that over one million people used crack cocaine. The drug's name became synonymous with gangs, crime, and violence. Because of the intensity and apparent suddenness of the crack crisis, people began to wonder if there were any warning signs public officials missed and how exactly crack spread across the nation. Some even floated the theory that agencies like the CIA and FBI encouraged the use of crack in inner cities. No matter where it came from, crack is a menace that, though no longer 'epidemic', must be combated along with all other illegal drugs. This book makes a close examination of the development, responses to, and effect of the crack cocaine crisis in the United States. Included are descriptions of cocaine, crack, and the free-basing process. Also examined are the health questions surrounding the abuse problems and the allegations that governmental authorities had advance knowledge of crack. With the war on drugs a perpetual and critical battle in America, the facts and analyses presented here are of paramount importance to the understanding of a major issue of society's safety. |
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... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Available Upon Request ISBN : 1-59033-512-0 Copyright © 2002 by Novinka Books , An Imprint of Nova Science Publishers , Inc. 400 Oser Ave , Suite 1600 Hauppauge , New York 11788-3619 Tele ...
... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Available Upon Request ISBN : 1-59033-512-0 Copyright © 2002 by Novinka Books , An Imprint of Nova Science Publishers , Inc. 400 Oser Ave , Suite 1600 Hauppauge , New York 11788-3619 Tele ...
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... Congress Alerted 14 Press Coverage About the Hazards of Using Cocaine Freebase 17 The Richard Pryor Incident 18 Chapter 4 The Arrival of Crack Cocaine Use in the Nation 21 Chapter 5 How Crack Cocaine Abuse Spread Nationwide 27 Chapter 6 ...
... Congress Alerted 14 Press Coverage About the Hazards of Using Cocaine Freebase 17 The Richard Pryor Incident 18 Chapter 4 The Arrival of Crack Cocaine Use in the Nation 21 Chapter 5 How Crack Cocaine Abuse Spread Nationwide 27 Chapter 6 ...
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... congress was aware of a problem with cocaine and knew about a potential smokable - cocaine crisis . It held many hearings to gather information to assess and define the problem . Landmark legislation was passed in cooperation with the ...
... congress was aware of a problem with cocaine and knew about a potential smokable - cocaine crisis . It held many hearings to gather information to assess and define the problem . Landmark legislation was passed in cooperation with the ...
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... Congress in 1979 . Various newspaper and journal articles expressed concerns in the early 1980's and a 1980 cocaine freebasing incident drew national attention to the practice and hazards involved in smoking cocaine . Those occurrences ...
... Congress in 1979 . Various newspaper and journal articles expressed concerns in the early 1980's and a 1980 cocaine freebasing incident drew national attention to the practice and hazards involved in smoking cocaine . Those occurrences ...
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... Congress Alerted In 1979 , warnings about possible health hazards related to smokable cocaine abuse were just beginning to surface and were not yet problems of broad national concern . Interest in the availability , abuse , and ...
... Congress Alerted In 1979 , warnings about possible health hazards related to smokable cocaine abuse were just beginning to surface and were not yet problems of broad national concern . Interest in the availability , abuse , and ...
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Press Coverage About the Hazards of Using Cocaine Freebase | 17 |
The Richard Pryor Incident | 18 |
Congressional and Executive Response to the Cocaine Problem | 55 |
Executive Branch Response to Drug Abuse Particularly Cocaine and Crack Cocaine Abuse | 65 |
Conclusions and Observations | 71 |
Scientific Research on Cocaine and Smokable Cocaine Conducted in the 1970s | 79 |
Preclinical Laboratory Studies on SmokableCocaine Abuse | 81 |
Clinical Studies of Possible Smokable Abuse | 82 |
Chronology of Events in the Emergence of Crack Cocaine Abuse in the United States | 85 |
Warnings About Smokable Cocaine | 88 |
The Arrival of Crack Cocaine Use in the Nation | 21 |
How Crack Cocaine Abuse Spread Nationwide | 27 |
The Extent of Nationwide Crack Cocaine Abuse | 35 |
Epidemic Defined and Examined | 37 |
The Arrival of Crack Cocaine | 91 |
Increased Crack Abuse | 96 |
Index | 103 |
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Сторінка 36 - Crack is currently the subject of considerable media attention. The result has been a distortion of the public perception of the extent of crack use as compared to the use of other drugs.
Сторінка 24 - For the better part of a decade, a San Francisco Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions in drug profits to a Latin American guerrilla army run by the US Central Intelligence Agency, a Mercury News investigation has found.
Сторінка 38 - The number of cases indicating presence of an epidemic will vary according to the infectious agent, size and type of population exposed, previous experience or lack of exposure to the disease, and time and place of occurrence; epidemicity is thus relative to usual frequency of the disease in the same area, among the specified population, at the same season of the year. A single case of a communicable disease long absent from a population or...
Сторінка 37 - Its mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability.
Сторінка 52 - Developing New Methods for Studying High-Risk Groups Since NHSDA and HSSS do not sufficiently measure drug use among high-risk target groups, supplementary methods must be conceptualized, field-tested, and implemented if we are to better understand drug prevalence rates and trends among these groups . Until recently, only modest efforts were being made in this area.
Сторінка 37 - ... the occurrence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific healthrelated behavior, or other healthrelated events clearly in excess of normal expectancy.
Сторінка 37 - Within the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services, the...
Сторінка 63 - Nation's drug control program, the goals of which are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking; drug-related crime and violence; and drug-related health consequences.
Сторінка 72 - Robert J. Blendon and John T. Young: "The Public and the War on Illicit Drugs," 279 journal of the American Medical Association (March 18 1998), p.
Сторінка 63 - Act of 1988 created the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in the Executive Office of the President and phased out the National Drug Policy Board.