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CRACK COCAINE

 

DEFINITION:  “ A highly addictive form of cocaine made by mixing small amounts of it with baking soda and water.  When dry, the substance is broken or cracked into small pebbles and usually smoked in special pipes.  Crack is relatively inexpensive, highly potent, and can be lethal…” (The Social Work Dictionary)

 

NARROW THE SUBJECT:

·         Is crack more addictive than marijuana?

·         What are the physical side affects of crack addiction?

·         What population of people constitute the majority of crack users?

·         What effect does the use of crack by pregnant women have on their unborn children?

·         Do treatment programs work for crack addicts?

·         What relationship exists between crack addiction and crime rate?

·         What are the characteristics of crack users?

·         Should sentences for the possession of crack be different than those for cocaine?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Cocaine; Crack (Drug); Substance Abuse

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES IN THE REFERENCE AREA:

Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior	REF HV 5804 .D78 2003 v.1
Encyclopedia of Human Ecology  "Cocaine and Crack"	REF GF 4 .E53 2003
Radical and Ethnic Relations in America	REF E 49 .R33 2000
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution	REF KF 4548 .E53 2000
World of Criminal Justice	REF HV 7411 .W67 2002

                                                         

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

Opposing Viewpoints: Drug Abuse; Chemical Dependency (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior

National Report:  Drugs, Crime, and the Justice System

 

STATISTICS:

Information Plus: Illegal Drugs and Alcohol  (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: http://oas.samhsa.gov/cocaine.htm

White House http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/crack/index.html

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Premier

Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Mega

Health and Wellness Resource Center

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers

 

INTERNET SITES:

National Institute of Health	http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/cocaine.html
Cocaine Anonymous Home Page	http://www.ca.org
Cocaine Addiction.com	http://www.cocaineaddiction.com
MedlinePlus: Cocaine	http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cocaine.html

  

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