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2. CLAIM/THESIS STATEMENT
• THE LAWS GENERATED FROM THE CRACK COCAINE EPIDEMIC FOCUSED ON INCARCERATING DRUG
DEALERS AND USERS; IN RETURN THE REAL ISSUE, ADDICTION AND POVERTY WERE OVERLOOKED.

3. LAMAR SMITH
• REPRESENTATIVE OF STATE
• FLOOR STATEMENT ON THE FAIR SENTENCING ACT IN 2010
• “DESPITE CLAIMS BY SOME, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF ONE-TIME CRACK USERS BEING PROSECUTED FOR
POSSESSION. THIS IS ABOUT OFFENDERS WHO PERPETUALLY PEDDLED THISDANGEROUS DRUG AND
SHOULD PAY THE PRICE FOR THEIR ACTION” (SMITH).

4. BRUCE JOHNSON
• JOURNALIST FROM THE CHICAGO JOURNALS
• WROTE THE ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE IN THE INNER-CITY: IMPACT ON HARD DRUG USERS AND THE
COMMUNITY,
• “ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, MAX AND CHILLIE (AND OTHERS DEALING ABOVE THE STREET LEVEL) COULD
EASILY MAKE A TAX FREE INCOME OF $100,000 OR MORE AFTER EXPENSES. THIS POTENTIAL INCOME IS A
VERY ATTRACTIVE INCENTIVE FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE INNER CITY WHO MOST LIKELY
WOULD BE OTHERWISE UNEMPLOYED” (JOHNSON).

5. PLANET ROCK: THE STORY OF HIP HOP AND
THE CRACK COCAINE GENERATION
• DIRECTED BY ICE-T
• PLANET ROCK: THE CRACK COCAINE GENERATION
• PLANET ROCK: THE CRACK COCAINE GENERATION

6. JOHNATHAN ROTHWELL
• JOURNALIST FROM BROOKINGS.EDU
• “ARREST DATA SHOW A STRIKING TREND: ARRESTS OF BLACKS HAVE FALLEN FOR VIOLENT AND
PROPERTY CRIMES, BUT SOARED FOR DRUG RELATED CRIMES. AS OF 2011,DRUG CRIMES COMPRISED 14
PERCENT OF ALL ARRESTS AND A MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES “DRUG PARAPHERNALIA”
POSSESSION COMPRISED AN ADDITIONAL 31 PERCENT OF ALL ARRESTS. JUST 6 PERCENT AND 14
PERCENT OF ARRESTS WERE FOR VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIMES, RESPECTIVELY” (ROTHWELL).

7. ARREST DATA

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Estimated Prevalence of Cocaine and CrackUse in the US, 2014, byDemographicCharacteristics
Numbers in Thousands
DemographicCharacteristic Cocaine (Total) Crack
Lifetime Past Year Past Month Lifetime Past Year Past Month
Total 39,200 4,553 1,530 9,424 773 354
Age
12-17 222 168 39 35 20 8
18-25 3,881 1,604 473 546 127 29
26orOlder 35,097 2,782 1,018 8,843 627 317
Gender
Male 23,917 2,965 991 6,163 479 206
Female 15,283 1,588 539 3,261 294 149
Latino/HispanicOrigin and Race
Not HispanicorLatino 34,410 3,735 1,249 8,466 627 304
White 29,617 2,916 938 6,483 400 182
BlackorAfrican-American 3,020 565 190 1,496 188 103
American Indian orAlaskaNative 327 45 26 128 2 1
Native Hawaiian orOtherPacificIslander 133 15 3 17 * *
Asian 536 106 66 110 29 18
Two orMore Races 777 89 26 231 8 *
HispanicorLatino 4,790 817 281 957 146 51