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Since the United States Sentencing Commission first reported 15 years ago on the differences in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine, a consensus has developed that the federal cocaine sentencing laws should be … View Full Source

Vol. 161, 1817–1818, June 1999 HE OURNAL OF ROLOGY …
KEY WORDS: cocaine, priapism, penectomy, norepinephrine Cocaine abuse, particularly in its solid form known as crack, is an ongoing epidemic in the United States. Priapism associated with cocaine use has been reported only twice in … Read Document

TED STATES Syllabu
See United States Sentencing Commissio n, Special Report to the Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy 11–12 (1995) (hereinafter Commission Report). is m ore plausib ly read to me an the “che mically basic form of c ocaine,” Bri ef for United States 15, than it is “crack … Fetch Doc

Syphilis In The United States: An Update For Clinicians With …
1990s.7 The use of crack cocaine in major cities in the United States and the increase of sex in exchange for money or drugs contributed to this change.1,8 During the … Fetch Here

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE United States Attorney Donald W. Washington cocaine with the intent to distribute, distribution of cocaine and cocaine base (“crack”), and unlawful use … View Doc

United States Court Of Appeals
(quoting United States v. McCormick , 29 F.3d 352, 357 (8 th Cir. 1994)), cert. denied , 519 U.S. 1141 (1997). Here, even assuming that Simms testified truthfully about his crack cocaine use, given that his denials of involvement in the crack cocaine … Read More

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES – Syllabus D E PIERRE V …
UNITED STATES Syllabus cocaine, freebase, and coca paste. On its plain terms, then, “cocaine base” reaches more broadly than just crack cocaine. … View Full Source

Crack Cocaine Sentencing Policy: Unjustified And Unreasonable
But when powder cocaine is injected it produces a fast, intense high similar to crack. The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) was created by Congress in 1984 to develop … Access Content

Cracked Justice
The debate and research about crack cocaine addiction and use has motivated some states to reform their sentencing law even before federal reform took Print. 2 "Report to Congress: Cocaine and Federal Sentencing Policy", United States Sentencing Commission May 2007. 3 Testimony of Charles Schuster … Access Full Source

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA UNITED STATES OF …
It mention distribution or possession of crack. -5-does not apply to sentences based on cocaine or another substance. See e.g. , United States v. … View This Document

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS UNITED STATES Of AMERICA, * SAMUEL …
The affidavit states that the CI participated in three controlled buys of crack cocaine from 31See, e.g., United States v. Hicks, 575 F.3d 130, 138 (1st Cir. 2009) (“the use of the … Fetch Full Source

This Report From The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA …
Crack, the inexpensive, smokable form of cocaine, continues to be distributed and used in most major cities. While cocaine use in the United States has declined over the past decade, the rate of use in recent years has … Read Full Source

The “Crack/Powder” Disparity: Can The International Race …
It takes trafficking in 500 grams of powder cocaine to receive the same sen-tence as one convicted of simple possession of five grams of crack cocaine. In its Special Report to Congress, the united States Sentencing Commission4 pro- … Get Document

Drug Fact Sheet Associated With
In contrast, cocaine base (crack) looks like small, irregularly shaped chunks (or “rocks”) of a whitish solid. Legal status in the United States Cocaine is a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act, meaning it has a high potential for abuse and … Access This Document

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT …
Powder ratio for all crack cocaine sentencings. This conclusion is in accord with the United States Department of Justice’s position endorsing the elimination of the disparity between crack … Doc Viewer