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Back row: (I-r) Tharron Wilson nd James Barnes. Front row: (I-r) Thomas Hamilton,.Reginald
Clark-EI and Andre Brown.
Crack cocaine. has not only affected
the Black community, but the white
community as well. The "majority of
all crack users are white."
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WHAT' THE BIG deal with thi "crack"
thing?
It has b n stated th t "crack cocaine" is highly
ddi ive, mor 0 han "powder cocaine" nd
other drugs. However, pharmacologis ch mi ,
and other hav demonstrated that th re i no
diff renc between crack and powder cocaine.
Durin he t timony t the U.S. nt ncing
commission hearing on ovemb r 9, 1993, it was
tated that "the only difference between crack and
powder cocaine i 15 minutes, a JX>t of hot wat r,
and a box of baking oda."
If this i tru , then th 100 to 1 nt ncingratio
is not appropri teo ince African Ameri n m 1
r th on as oci t with crack as oppo ed to
hit vho are . aid 0 u wd r cocaine, the
::.en en mg differ nc ar r cist to the cor.
Crack i cocain in i solid form, according to
Antoinne Piner, who h conducted lab analy .
on form of cocaine. Wh n reviewingth field t t
of cocaine in i solidified form, i . is nothing but
cocaine The chunky white substance known on
the treet a cr ck, i nothing but cocaine.
Pin r y that the spectros opy test and th
m p itro opy test both indicate that th
chunky whi ubstanc i nothing but cocaine.
The Gas hrom tography tes indicates th
nywhere between 80 to 90 P r-
c nt ine.
So ther you h ve it, "crack" is the street int r
pretation of olidified cocaine.
Fact: ongr n not and will not come up
with a definition for the slang terminology "crack"
nd tic ain b e", b u e when a lab examina-
tion i performed, the olidified cocaine, which
Congre ref o r "crack" i nothing but co
caine!
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No This law i. .n't working right, or w
work') .
'I hr- ur au of pn n' r cord how 92% of th
) 1(' arr ,'f{ J for rt ck r Black whil % ar
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troit, Michigan.
I think the crack law stinks. It's complet ly
raci t nd it' aimed t Black men from the
of 19-35 yrs of age. It is a form of genocide when
you look at the 100 to 1 r tio differ n in time
giv n out for cr ck . powder cocaine.
Change is om hing everyone want, bu no
one wan to be in th t proc of change, 0 I
u t that 11 form of cocaine be judged the
me. No more 100 to 1 ratio.
o kick in the butt for Blacks -VS.- a slap on th
hand for whit s.
I think the war on drugs is a well made plan by
our o-call d legi lators to single out and single
handily blame the African American for the u e of
dru by their fellow ucasian brothers and si -
te , mainly crack.
WHEN THE URUu wa In the inner cities
and ghetto' you n ver heard anything from the
white media or the law makers, but when it
tarted to spread out to the suburbs and their own
kind became addicted as well, "Boom." The war on
drugs was launched!
Name: Reginald Clark-EL Reg. Number
10455-039
Age: 28
har e: Conspiracy to Di tribute Cra k 0-
cain .
Time: 20 Y a .
Home Town: D troit, Michigan.
'crack 0 in in ju: t.
Th t wo deriv from th
tance. ar th me. Th .
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or inj ,to d into th
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