Cocaine is back, and it’s contaminated.
“The reason they’re putting it in is it’s cheap,” said Thomas Fallon, commander of the Hamilton County Heroin Coalition Task Force. “Also, they’re not chemists. They don’t always know what they’re doing.”
“Instead of being a deterrent, it’s an incentive for some,” said Evonne Stephenson, a nurse practitioner at theof Cincinnati. “Everyone thinks they’re invincible.” Back then, possessing 5 grams of crack, which many associated with low-income African Americans, brought the same prison sentence as possessing 500 grams of powder cocaine, which many associated with middle-class or affluent whites., who directs John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s “From Punishment to Public Health” initiative in New York.
Synan said he understands the concerns and acknowledged that society sees opioids more through a medical lens. But he said that’s partly because of an evolving understanding of addiction and the sheer numbers of overdose deaths in recent years, which require urgent action.
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