Research Paper on:
Crack and Our City School Systems

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proportions of males are involved in illicit drug use, especially heavy drug use, the gap between the sexes is closing Bibliography lists 4 sources. BBcrckTR.doc "CRACK" USE IN  URBAN SCHOOLS Written by for the Paperstore, Inc., October 2000 Introduction The drug problem affects all types  of students. All regions and all types of communities show high levels of drug use, no matter what their geography. Thirty percent of 1990 high school seniors in non-metropolitan areas  reported illicit drug use in the previous year, while the rate for seniors in large metropolitan areas was 33 percent. Although higher proportions of males are involved in illicit drug  use, especially heavy drug use, the gap between the sexes is closing. The extent to which high school seniors self-reported having used illicit drugs is higher for whites than for  blacks. Psychological dependence occurs when taking drugs becomes the center of the users life. Among children, psychological dependence erodes school performance and can destroy ties to family and friends, as  well as cause the young person to abandon outside interests, values, and goals. The individual goes from taking drugs to feel good, to taking them. to keep from feeling bad.  Over time, drug use itself heightens the bad feelings and can leave the user suicidal. More than half of all adolescent suicides are drug-related (http://www.cyber marketcenter.com/reports /consumer/swodrugs.txt). Crack /  cocaine Cocaine is readily available. Fifty-one percent of seniors say it would be easy for them to get cocaine. Most alarming is the ready availability of cocaine in a cheap  but potent form called crack or rock. Crack is a purified form of cocaine that is smoked. Crack is inexpensive to try, and may be available for as little as