Drug-Related Crime

Crack cocaine is the drug that most contributes to property crime and violent crime in the Ohio HIDTA region, according to law enforcement officials in the area. Crack cocaine distributors have been implicated in assaults and homicides, while abusers have been implicated in shoplifting, burglary, robbery, and theft. Distributors and abusers of other illicit drugs, particularly heroin, also engage in drug-related criminal activity to varying degrees. For instance, law enforcement officials in Columbus report a recent increase in the number of pharmacy robberies involving pharmaceutical distributors and abusers.

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