• While a person found with five grams of crack cocaine faced a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence, a person holding powder cocaine could receive the same sentence only if he or she held five hundred grams. (wikipedia.org)
  • He had pleaded guilty to two charges of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine in the town between June and July last year. (northyorkshire.police.uk)
  • Taking all the evidence into consideration, the Crown Prosecution Service authorised the charges of being concerned in the supply of heroin and crack cocaine. (northyorkshire.police.uk)
  • Police recovered cash and two phones from the vehicle and later recovered a quantity of Class A drugs including heroin and crack cocaine. (yahoo.com)
  • Similarly, those carrying ten grams of crack cocaine faced a ten-year mandatory sentence, while possession of one thousand grams of powder cocaine was required for the same sentence to be imposed. (wikipedia.org)
  • In total, law enforcement officers confiscated over 300 grams of cocaine. (wwlp.com)
  • The wiretap investigation revealed that from in and around November 2017 through in and around June 2018, Brett Rodgers conspired to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine. (justice.gov)
  • We used univariate analyses to compare the characteristics of crack cocaine users, other hard-drug users (predominantly heroin users but excluding those who used only alcohol and marijuana), and those not known to use drugs. (cdc.gov)
  • University students report more habitual use of marijuana, cocaine, hallucinogens and illicit drugs than noncollege students report. (who.int)
  • that college students reported more frequent use of Drug abusers who display symptoms of nervous tension, marijuana, cocaine, hallucinogens and designer drugs in anxiety, depression, behavioural changes, tiredness, and the last 30 days than noncollege students reported ( 5 ). (who.int)
  • However, the overwhelming majority of illicit drug misusers do not commit (further) criminal offences and many people commit crimes without having used drugs at all. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • In 2005, a CPS statistical report showed crack cocaine offences increasing by 113 per cent over a six-year period. (macleans.ca)
  • West Midlands Police said: "Operation Target sees West Midlands Police taking a defiant stand against a range of serious and organised crime offences - from drug dealing and burglary to cyber crime and fraud. (yahoo.com)
  • The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 implemented the initial disparity, reflecting Congress's view that crack cocaine was a more dangerous and harmful drug than powder cocaine. (wikipedia.org)
  • In response, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 included a provision that created the disparity between federal penalties for crack cocaine and powder cocaine offenses, imposing the same penalties for the possession of an amount of crack cocaine as for 100 times the same amount of powder cocaine. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the three decades prior to the passing of the Fair Sentencing Act, those who were arrested for possessing crack cocaine faced much more severe penalties than those in possession of powder cocaine. (wikipedia.org)
  • A study released in 1997 examined the addictive nature of both crack and powder cocaine and concluded that one was no more addictive than the other. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1995, the U.S. Sentencing Commission concluded that the disparity created a "racial imbalance in federal prisons and led to more severe sentences for low-level crack dealers than for wholesale suppliers of powder cocaine. (wikipedia.org)
  • The figures for the 6,020 powder cocaine convictions, in contrast, were as follows: 17% of these offenders were white, 28% were black, and 53% were Hispanic. (wikipedia.org)
  • A search uncovered a significant quantity of suspected crack and powder cocaine concealed beneath the rubber cladding of the rear tailgate hatch. (wwlp.com)
  • Cocaine is a white powder that comes from the leaves of the South American coca plant. (saltworks.org)
  • Data's from the worldwide report about drugs shows that in the last decades there were elevated use of cocaine and crack , however the magnitude of illicit drugs has maintained itself stable among the adult population (1) . (bvsalud.org)
  • TB patients who used crack cocaine were predominantly 20-49 years of age. (cdc.gov)
  • This fascicle of SMAD consists of six articles (original studies) that address specific issues related to alcohol and other psychoactive substances, predominantly cocaine/ crack . (bvsalud.org)
  • It affects individuals' social status and responsibilities, (4.5%), opioids (2.1%), cocaine (1.2%) and hallucinogens and abusers usually suffer from different concurrent medical, psychological and social conditions ( 3 ). (who.int)
  • If someone is charged with possession of crack/cocaine and enter drug court, they must attend mandatory classes, counseling, and undergo regular drug testing. (coreycohen.com)
  • Drug court can be a nice alternative to being prosecuted for possession of crack/cocaine since the case gets dismissed after the defendant has successfully completed the drug program. (coreycohen.com)
  • For a defendant to be convicted of possession of crack/cocaine, the prosecution has to prove that the defendant had the power and intent to control the substance, as well as the knowledge that the substance actually was crack/cocaine. (coreycohen.com)
  • Despite being overshadowed by opioids in recent years, cocaine remains one of the most common causes of drug-related emergency department (ED) visits in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • This week's crime report for Clay County Florida, provided by the Clay County Sheriff's Office. (claytodayonline.com)
  • Florida law has extremely strict drug enforcement that comes with rather harsh penalties for users or suppliers of crack/cocaine. (coreycohen.com)
  • The Florida man, 22, was arrested yesterday after he allegedly tried to sell crack cocaine to residents of a Jacksonville senior citizens home. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • The Los Angeles Times commented, "There was never any scientific basis for the disparity, just panic as the crack epidemic swept the nation's cities. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was an attempt to address a big issue in America at the time: Crime, particularly violent crime, had been rising for decades, starting in the 1960s but continuing, on and off, through the 1990s (in part due to the crack cocaine epidemic). (vox.com)
  • But most experts believe they fell in larger part because of demographic shifts, changes in policing practices and an easing of the crack epidemic. (thenation.com)
  • He did not create the cocaine, he did not smuggle it into the country, he simply acted on the opportunity presented to him by the US Government and its agent Blandon. (phibetaiota.net)
  • In addition to adverse effects experienced by cocaine users, body packers-people who swallow bags of cocaine in order to smuggle the drug from one country to another-may experience acute toxicity if any of the bags rupture. (medscape.com)
  • Ottawa police say two people have been arrested after a seizure of more than 40 kilograms of cocaine and four kilograms of crack cocaine in the nation's capital. (ctvnews.ca)
  • The use of crack cocaine increased rapidly in the 1980s, accompanied by an increase in violence in urban areas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Law enforcement officers note that in the 1980s and 1990s more and more gang members began to support themselves through dealing drugs, such as crack cocaine and heroin. (encyclopedia.com)
  • David A. Wood, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. (justice.gov)
  • According to the charging documents, Wood distributed fentanyl in Boston on Nov. 26 and Dec. 3, 2019, distributed crack cocaine in Boston on Dec. 10, 2019, and on Dec. 19, 2019, possessed fentanyl in Boston with the intent to distribute it. (justice.gov)
  • He made a special note about the fentanyl, calling it "one of the driving crimes behind all this. (wsfa.com)
  • In a case-control study of TB in London, 19 (86%) of 22 crack cocaine users with pulmonary TB were smear positive compared with 302 (36%) of 833 non-drug users. (cdc.gov)
  • Habitually smoking crack cocaine causes pulmonary damage (crack lung) ( Figure ). (cdc.gov)
  • Several pulmonary complications are associated with the inhalation of crack cocaine (e.g., intensive cough, hemoptysis, shortness of breath, chest pain, acute bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, thermal airway injury, pneumothorax and noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, production of carbonaceous sputum, and exacerbation of asthma) ( 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • We hypothesize that crack cocaine use increases the risk for smear-positive pulmonary TB and that a component of this risk relates to lung damage caused by crack cocaine inhalation. (cdc.gov)
  • A new report by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has found Ottawa is the only region in the province where tequila has not cracked the top spot for alcohol sales growth this year. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Crack cocaine users and other drug users were significantly more likely than non-drug users to have been born in the United Kingdom, of white or black Caribbean ethnic origin, homeless, alcohol abusers, or have a history of imprisonment. (cdc.gov)
  • According to Trump, hundreds of law enforcement agents from the U.S. Marshals Service, FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be sent to the selected cities to reduce crime, particularly gun violence. (newstarget.com)
  • The results of the National Alcohol and Drug research allowed to outline a view of the use of cocaine and its derivatives ( crack , merla, oxi) in Brazil. (bvsalud.org)
  • This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece of the Department of Justice's violent crime reduction efforts. (justice.gov)
  • Det Supt Mallon also achieved these kinds of results in his previous job in Hartlepool where he oversaw a reduction in crime of 38% in 28 months. (bbc.co.uk)
  • One of the most controversial criminal justice issues in the 2020 election may be a "tough on crime" law passed 26 years ago - and authored by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. (vox.com)
  • That's how politicians like Biden, as well as previous Democratic rivals like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), can now justify their votes for the law - by pointing to the provisions that weren't "tough on crime. (vox.com)
  • For decades, progressive policy analysts and criminal justice reformers such as Jones have argued that state and federal antidrug and, more generally, 'tough on crime' incarceration strategies were counterproductive: that they were dramatically reshaping American society, at a staggering fiscal and moral cost, and they weren't succeeding. (thenation.com)
  • Faced with a growing body of evidence that carefully tailored rehabilitation models can reduce recidivism or drug use better than jails and prisons, and with a burgeoning crisis in local and state government finances, politicians and voters alike are turning their backs on basic tough-on-crime staples. (thenation.com)
  • On Monday, officers in Calgary showed off a collection of firearms, bullets, body armor, and nearly 80 kilograms of cocaine-the spoils of Operation High Noon, a police investigation that concluded last December. (macleans.ca)
  • 5) I believe that CIA was unwitting of the implications of crack, but that Congress was not. (phibetaiota.net)
  • The book compellingly describes the testimony provided to Congress in 1979 and again in 1982, about the forthcoming implications of making a cocaine derivative affordable by the lowest income people in our Nation. (phibetaiota.net)
  • If you ask some criminal justice reform activists, the 1994 crime law passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton, which was meant to reverse decades of rising crime, was one of the key contributors to mass incarceration in the 1990s . (vox.com)
  • Our approach to tackling drug-related crime in our communities is relentless. (northyorkshire.police.uk)
  • Anyone with any information about suspected drug-related crime are urged to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 1, and speak to the Force Control Room. (northyorkshire.police.uk)
  • In 2009, the U.S. Sentencing Commission introduced figures stating that no class of drug is as racially skewed as crack in terms of numbers of offenses. (wikipedia.org)
  • The view that crime committed by problematic drug users is driven by the need to finance purchasing illegal drugs. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • There is no single, causal connection between drug use and crime. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • It is unwise to generalise as there is evidence to suggest that drug use causes or explains the crime. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • While other evidence suggests that involvement in other kinds of crime explains the drug use. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • In other cases, drug use and crime may start independently, without one causing the other. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • For those engaged in crime prior to drug use, their offending can increase sharply. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • NACRO's report on drugs and crime identified three ways in which the relationship between drug use and other forms of offending is believed to work. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • And acquisitive crimes that are believed to be drug-related. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • In which the motivation is specifically to use the proceeds of crime to fund their drug use. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • Finally, there are also crimes linked to the drug trade (NACRO, 2003). (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • What is certain however is that drug misuse relates to a wide range of crimes. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • Just over half (53 per cent) of arrestees reported acquisitive offending in the last 12 months, compared to just under two thirds (62 per cent) of those reporting any illicit drug use and three quarters (75 per cent) of those using heroin , cocaine and crack cocaine . (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • Class A users reported crime levels ten times higher than that of non-drug users and of those using any illicit drug, 40 per cent said there was a connection between their drug use and their offending behaviour, compared to 78 per cent of those using heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • There is a minority of drug users who are dependent in use, chaotic in lifestyles and finance their use through acquisitive crime. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • Crime tends to intensify during periods of high drug use. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • But what about drug possession for crack/cocaine? (coreycohen.com)
  • The investigation was funded by the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). (justice.gov)
  • Respiratory damage caused by crack cocaine may predispose drug users to infectivity. (cdc.gov)
  • The United Kingdom has seen a substantial increase in the prevalence of drug use in the past decade, particularly crack cocaine use ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • A separate category was included for hard-drug users not known to use crack cocaine to have a group with comparable levels of social deprivation, addiction related problems, and difficulty in accessing health services. (cdc.gov)
  • The DOJ has said that more than 100 officers from the ATF, DEA and FBI will join existing local, state and federal task forces in investigating violent gangs in Chicago along with drug trafficking operations and gun crime. (newstarget.com)
  • Many turn to drug selling, prostitution, or other crimes. (saltworks.org)
  • Politically, the legislation was also a chance for Democrats - including the recently elected president, Bill Clinton - to wrestle the issue of crime away from Republicans. (vox.com)
  • The study explored other reasons why crack is viewed as more addictive and theorized, "a more accurate interpretation of existing evidence is that already abuse-prone cocaine users are most likely to move toward a more efficient mode of ingestion as they escalate their use. (wikipedia.org)
  • Also crack cocaine and cocaine users responsible for a significant proportion. (12steptreatmentcentres.com)
  • Numbers of crack cocaine users assessed while in police custody in London increased 3-fold from 1993 through 2003 ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Some users spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on cocaine and crack each week and will do anything to support their habit. (saltworks.org)
  • GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A routine traffic stop on I-91 led to the arrest of two men for alleged cocaine trafficking Tuesday evening. (wwlp.com)
  • The mugshots and/or arrest records published on mugshots.com are in no way an indication of guilt and they are not evidence that an actual crime has been committed. (mugshots.com)
  • Just showing why some of these individuals are continuing in these violent crimes and the kind of money that they're having," Hall said of the seized cash. (wsfa.com)
  • Although the protests in Detroit have not been as violent as those seen in other cities, there has been a jump in violent crimes there following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions, with shootings rising by seven percent. (newstarget.com)
  • Reasoning that it is easier to prevent a neighbourhood's slide into crime than trying to rescue it, the theory demands that even minor misdemeanours must be pursued with the same vigour as serious crimes. (bbc.co.uk)
  • As the twentieth century progressed, however, gangs began getting involved with more serious crimes. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Defending Kandrac, Owen Williams said his client had moved to Wales from Slovakia as a child and had worked in Newport since, and that the burglaries were committed in order to fund an addiction to crack cocaine. (itv.com)
  • Anyway, I agree that the fact that many drugs of addiction are illegal produces a completely unnecessary extra layer of crime and suffering and almost never helps anyone overcome their addiction. (obsidian.net)
  • We were supposed to belief that a Detroit cop would make yet another trip to Los Angeles, to make all the LAPD detectives look like rubes and bust up another crime ring? (weirdworm.com)
  • PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. (justice.gov)
  • Evidence to directly link risk for TB with crack cocaine use is lacking, although an association with tuberculin positivity has been shown. (cdc.gov)
  • Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence, Johnson appeals arguing that the trial court erred in refusing certain jury instructions and that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence of the cocaine found in Johnson's shoe. (findlaw.com)
  • Officers observed two snow blowers in the van and investigation uncovered further evidence and tools used in the crime. (rocklandtimes.com)
  • Some form of 'crack down' is rapidly briefed to the media. (blogspot.com)
  • We hypothesize that crack cocaine is independently associated with smear-positive tuberculosis (TB). (cdc.gov)
  • It works well in densely populated areas with high policing levels and large amounts of petty crime. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Most criminal activities of the street gangs of the early twentieth century involved delinquent acts or petty crimes, such as brawls with rival gangs. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The 1994 crime law was certainly meant to increase incarceration in an attempt to crack down on crime, but its implementation doesn't appear to have done much in that area. (vox.com)
  • True, crime rates have fallen dramatically since the early 1990s, in part because of those higher incarceration rates. (thenation.com)
  • According to their theory, there is a link between disorder and crime - a view shared by Labour politicians. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Although horrible things do happen people still use them and crimes like these happen too much. (bartleby.com)
  • As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. (justice.gov)
  • The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, now known as the 1994 crime law, was the result of years of work by Biden, who oversaw the Senate Judiciary Committee at the time, and other Democrats. (vox.com)
  • As part of efforts to fight a recent spike in violent crime, President Trump has announced that he will be sending extra federal law enforcement agents to cities like Chicago and Albuquerque. (newstarget.com)
  • That has been disputed by acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, who insists federal officers are wearing identification and that officers are only arresting individuals who have committed crimes. (newstarget.com)
  • Officers will be using local intelligence, seizing goods, carrying out warrants and targeting offenders as part of Op Target's ongoing crackdown against serious and organised crime. (yahoo.com)
  • Thirty years ago, the crack-cocaine turf wars were tearing New York City apart. (nypost.com)
  • The School Crime Supplementis sponsored by the National Centerfor Education Statistics and administered to persons 12-18 years of age who reside in households sampled for the National Crime Victimization Survey. (cdc.gov)
  • The new quality-of-life -ap-proach, along with related -accountability reforms and strict attention to detail, had a cascading effect: Violent crime rates dropped dramatically. (nypost.com)
  • In 2002, the United States Sentencing Commission "found that the ratio was created based upon a misperception of the dangers of crack cocaine, which had since been proven to have a less drastic effect than previously thought. (wikipedia.org)
  • He said all of the seized firearms were run through the system to see if they are connected to other crimes. (wsfa.com)
  • PITTSBURGH - A resident of Pittsburgh, PA, pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today. (justice.gov)
  • Det Supt Mallon managed to deliver on his promise to cut crime by 20% in 18 months - figures for the three months to February 1997 showed a 22% fall. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Following his apprehension, Arnold (who is pictured in the mug shot at left) told police that he had been selling 'crack' to the seniors for the past two months and charged customers $5 for the artificial rock. (thesmokinggun.com)
  • Drugs increase the crime rate in almost any area once introduced and can lead to poverty for some individuals. (bartleby.com)