Crack Cocaine Powder Cocaine and the Opioid Epidemic

Crack Cocaine and Powder Cocaine are just as prevalent now as they were back in the 1980’s. There were over 1600 people aged 12 and older who tried either powder cocaine or crack cocaine for the first time in 2013. That number jumped 50% by the year 2018 making the total to 2400 people a day trying cocaine for the first time. More and more people are trying cocaine alongside opioids like heroin and now fentynal.

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