суббота, 3 марта 2012 г.

Powdered cocaine not just for white yuppies any more

They were indelible images of the cocaine world of the 1970s and '80s: Rich yuppies and white suburbanites partying down with a couple of lines of "blow." Stockbroker Charlie Sheen snorting up in the limo in "Wall Street." Woody Allen's sneeze in "Annie Hall."

More than 30 years later, the image remains but the reality of coke in the United States has shifted significantly. Long portrayed as a white crime, Hispanics now make up the overwhelming majority _ 60 percent _ of federal offenders facing powder cocaine charges.

While no recent studies are available on who uses powder cocaine most, government data show more Hispanics …

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