Crack Cocaine or Powder Cocaine
Cocaine (Street Names: Coke, Snow, Crack, Rock) – August 2011
Inhalation of the vapors of Colombia produces about 90% of the cocaine powder cocaine base (crack), known as "basing" or "free basing," reaching the U.S. … Access Doc
Crack Cocaine
Cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine. Methods of Use Crack cocaine, once processed from cocaine powder, appears as a yellowish-white rock. It is cut or broken into smaller rocks weighing a few tenths of a gram. … Visit Document
Research NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSEReport SERIES …
(including freebase and crack cocaine). Snorting is the process of inhaling cocaine powder through the nostrils, where it is absorbed into the bloodstream … View Document
cocaine
Is the cocaine salt, also known as ‘powder’ cocaine. More chemicals are needed to convert the salt form to freebase or ‘crack’ cocaine, which usually looks like … Get Doc
POWDER COCAINE: HOW THE TREATMENT SYSTEM IS RESPONDING TO A …
Opioid (commonly heroin) and/or crack cocaine. In the majority of these cases, powder cocaine will not be the primary reason they have sought treatment (their powder cocaine use is addressed … Read Full Source
Crack Cocaine Impact Analysis – May 20, 2011
PENALTY STRUCTURE FOR FEDERAL COCAINE OFFENSES PRIOR TO ENACTMENT OF THE FSA A. Statutory Penalties for Powder Cocaine and Crack Cocaine Offenses The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 3 establishes the basic framework of statutory penalties currently applicable to federal drug trafficking offenses. … Read More
BASIC FACTS ABOUT DRUGS: Cocaine And Crack
Crack causes the same effects as powder cocaine. Because it is smoked, however, onset is more rapid and intensity greater. Thus, the effects may be significantly … Read Content
STATEMENT OF JUDGE REGGIE B. WALTON UNITED STATES DISTRICT …
Times as much powder cocaine as crack is required to trigger the same five-year and ten-year mandatory minimum penalties, resulting in crack sentences that are 1.3 to 8.3 times longer than … Get Content Here
Is Crack Cocaine Use Associated With Greater Violence Than …
Use crack cocaine than powder cocaine, are perhaps responsible for the increased prevalence of violence observed among crack users, rather than crack itself, compared to powdered cocaine … Doc Viewer
Crack
Crack Description: Crack cocaine is simply another form of cocaine base. The substance is so named for the crackling sound that occurs when it is heated. … Access Content
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE UNITED STATES …
That change will reduce the current dramatic disparity in mandatory crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentences. The issue in this case is whether the new provision that lowers the … Read Content
F EDERAL C RACK C OCAINE S ENTENCING Overview – Origins Of …
Disparity between crack and powder cocaine, won approval by the House Judiciary Committee, the legislation passed out along partisan lines with no Republicans voting for the bill. … View This Document
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT …
1 Mr. Edwards, through counsel, asserted during the sentencing hearing that with the exception of his objection to the crack cocaine / powder cocaine sentencing disparity, he had no other outstanding … Read Content
WHY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS WRONG ABOUT COCAINE SENTENCING
Sentence is triggered by 100 times less crack cocaine as powder cocaine (e.g., 5 grams of crack, 500 grams of powder). DOJ says that the sentences imposed are not 100 times different, but this … View Doc
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crack cocaine and powder cocaine in no way warrant a factor of 100 difference in sentencing. The supposed addictive and violent nature of crack cocaine provide no … Document Viewer
Cocaine And crack
Olds decreased slightly from 12.2% in 2009 to 11.6%.[xi] The Home Office has estimated that there are around 181,000 crack cocaine users in England. Illicit use Cocaine powder is often cut up into short lines and then sniffed up the nose through a rolled up banknote or straw. … Read Document
Federal Cocaine Sentencing In Transition
Criticism than the punishment scheme for crack and powder cocaine. Congress set forth the basic crack and powder policy more than twenty years ago in a set of mandatory minimum sentencing … View Full Source
Cocaine
• White crystalline powder • "Crack" or "rock" cocaine is an off-white chunky material. How is cocaine used? • Powder cocaine is generally snorted or dissolved in water and injected. … View Doc