Crimebuster Bratton Made Rotten Apple Shine
Crimebuster Bratton made rotten Apple shine
Filed under: crack cocaine epidemic
The crack-cocaine epidemic was peaking. Petty crime, too, such as fare-beating, was out of control. “There were days when I counted an 8-to-1 ratio of people jumping turnstiles to those paying,” recalled Eugene O'Donnell, a former cop, now John Jay … Read more on New York Post
The Wild Cowboys Mini Series – IN THE MID-1980’S THE COUNTRY WAS HIT WITH A CRACK COCAINE EPIDEMIC–A DRUG THAT WAS EASIER TO PRODUCE AND MORE PROFITABLE FOR DRUGDEALERS, BUT DEVASTATING T…
Heroin takes root in Chautauqua County
Filed under: crack cocaine epidemic
"Heroin has exploded to almost epidemic proportions … and crosses nearly (every demographic)." Recent statistics show the number of heroin-related arrests by the Jamestown Police Department … After being somewhat overshadowed by crack cocaine in … Read more on Westfield Republican
Exploring the Big Apple, New York City, USA
Filed under: crack cocaine epidemic
Homicides have fallen from 2200 a year in 1990 – during the crack cocaine epidemic – to 156 in the first six months of 2013. At a Sunday market stallholders sell clothes, juices, jewellery, trinkets, kebabs and deep-fried Oreo cookies. In honour of … Read more on The Daily Telegraph