Pipe Dream

Published December 29, 2012

Crime Drops in Los Angeles

Filed under: crack cocaine addiction

Charis E. Kubrin, an associate professor in criminology the University of California, Irvine, attributes the crime drops of the early 2000s to record incarceration rates, a drop in the “crack cocaine” market and a strong economy. LA is bucking the …
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Finances threatens Va. center for addicts

Filed under: crack cocaine addiction

Now 15 months old, Shamar is about to leave the center with his mother, Sharita Peebles, who entered Rubicon in late June for treatment of her addiction to crack cocaine. “If it weren't for Rubicon, I'd be homeless and still strung out on drugs,” she …
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