The investigation at Lincoln after Crow's death put students at the wealthy school on the defensive. "It's probably the easiest drug to buy in Portland." Pat Walsh, head of narcotics at Portland Police Bureau's drugs and vice division. It's been the top drug for arrests in Portland as long as vice cops can remember. But the stats don't necessarily back up that impression.Ĭloser to the truth is that coke never went away. That's why you see it on the street corner."īartenders, restaurant owners, cops and users told WW that coke is on the upswing in Portland-more available and socially acceptable than it's been since the mid-'90s. "People who use crack cocaine tend to have a more advanced addiction. And powder cocaine fits into that category," says Mark McDonnell, Multnomah County senior deputy district attorney. "There's a lot of drug activity that goes on behind closed doors that is never detected. But police and prosecutors here say when they bust crack dealers, they're simply responding to neighborhood complaints and going after the most blatantly public criminal activity they see. That disparity has led to allegations nationwide of racial profiling by cops and prejudice in the courts. Cops don't differentiate between crack and powder cocaine in their records, but the vast majority of Portland's cocaine arrests-which make up almost half of the county prosecutors' felony caseload-are for crack, not powder. Crack is sold and smoked openly on the street because many users have nowhere else to go. It arrives in the country in powder form and is converted to crack by the wholesaler or retailer (gangs make up most of the retail market in the United States). Ĭocaine is usually smuggled into the United States across the Mexican border, often vehicles modified for maximum concealment, or even via underground tunnels, or off the coast, in small submarines. Hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land are used to grow coca plants, and farmers see it as a regular source of income rather than a criminal operation. In spite of decades of political maneuvering, social upheaval, and border policing, Colombia was still the world's biggest supplier of cocaine in 2017.
Most of the cocaine that comes into the United States today originates in Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), crack rocks contain between 80 percent and 100 percent pure cocaine. Ĭrack rocks are white or tan in color and typically range in size from 0.1 to 0.5 grams.
You only need a few household chemicals and basic chemistry knowledge. Recipes for crack cocaine are readily available online, and it's a relatively simple task to convert cocaine into crack. Step 4: Cool the separated mixture and cut up the solids into "rocks" Step 3: Boil the solution to separate out the solids Step 2 : Add sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to the mixture
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