cocaine

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In a 2013 study with Paul Heaton, Steven Levitt and Kevin Murphy, I measured what crack cocaine did to black communities in the 1980s and ’90s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

US President Donald Trump has made the fight against criminal gangs sending illicit drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamines and cocaine one of his priorities.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Seizures of fentanyl at the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen in recent years, while seizures of cocaine have risen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said the United States bombed a suspected cocaine factory in the port city of Maracaibo, Venezuela.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

The waning of the crack cocaine epidemic in New York was clearly a factor, but then again, it had been in steady decline well before crime dipped.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell