Everyone pays the toll taken by crack cocaine
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 05:18PM
TheSpook
Almost 20 years after the powerfully addictive drug crack cocaine arrived in Greensboro, it continues to destroy thousands of lives and cost the community tens of millions of dollars annuallyBut this devastating epidemic remains visible mainly to crack addicts and their families, residents of crack-infested neighborhoods and the law-enforcement officers and county workers who combat it. It has been "out of sight, out of mind" to most others, including, "unfortunately, most of those in control of policy," Greensboro Mayor Keith Holliday said. But crack is linked to:
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