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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] In the early 1980s, the majority of being shipped to the United States, landing in, was coming through the and. Soon there was a huge glut of cocaine powder in these islands, which caused the price to drop by as much as 80 percent.

Faced with dropping prices for their illegal product, made a decision to convert the powder to 'crack', a solid smokeable form of cocaine, that could be sold in smaller quantities, to more people. It was cheap, simple to produce, ready to use, and highly profitable for to develop. As early as 1981, reports of crack were appearing in,,, Miami,, and in the. Initially, crack had higher purity than street powder. Around 1984, powder cocaine was available on the street at an average of 55 percent purity for $100 per gram (equivalent to $240 in 2017), and crack was sold at average purity levels of 80-plus percent for the same price.

In some major cities, such as Los Angeles,,,, and, one dosage unit of crack could be obtained for as little as $2.50 (equivalent to $5. Fundations Grade 2 Teacher's Manual here. 89 in 2017). According to the 1985–1986 National Narcotics Intelligence Consumers Committee Report, crack was available in,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and. In 1985, -related hospital rose by 12 percent, from 23,500 to 26,300. In 1986, these incidents increased 110 percent, from 26,300 to 55,200.

Between 1984 and 1987, cocaine incidents increased to 94,000. By 1987, crack was reported to be available in the and all but four states in the United States.

Some have cited the crack 'epidemic' as an example of a, noting that the explosion in use and of the drug actually occurred after the media coverage of the drug as an 'epidemic'. Dark Alliance series [ ] journalist sparked national controversy with his 1996 series which alleged that the influx of Nicaraguan cocaine started and significantly fueled the 1980s crack epidemic.

Investigating the lives and connections of Los Angeles crack dealers,, and Norwin Meneses, Webb alleged that profits from these crack sales were funneled to the CIA-supported Contras. Although Webb never claimed that the CIA directly aided drug dealers, it echoed the Kerry Committee conclusion that the CIA was aware of large shipments of cocaine into the U.S. By Contra personnel. The rejected that there was a 'systematic effort by the CIA to protect the drug trafficking activities of the Contras'.