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...York City crime statistics related to the influx of crack were released last week. The sheer numbers are staggering in their implications; and New York City is only the most visible example of a problem spreading throughout the country's urban and inner city areas...
According to police reports there were 1867 murders in New York City during 1988. Of these, 38 percent were drug related, with crack--a cheaply made, highly addictive form of cocaine--as the greatest contributor...
...report also indicates that crack's evil influence has tripled the number of child abuse cases involving parents under the influence of drugs. The number of reported cases has swelled over the past five years from 2627 to nearly...
...between January and October of 1988 there were more than 31,000 felony and misdemeanor arrests related to crack...
UNFORTUNATELY, the response we have been given about the need to wage a war on crack have been the stuff of symbolism and hollow rhetoric. It is all too obvious that the war has already begun and that society is suffering severe losses...