Cocaine

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Cocaine :

Cocaine HCL and crack combined constitute the greatest drug threat in Ohio . Cocaine is transported into Ohio from the southwest border, including California and Texas , as well as from Miami , Florida and New York City . Detroit , Michigan and Chicago , Illinois serve as transshipment points and distribution centers for cocaine shipped from the southwest border and transported throughout Ohio . Mexican and Dominican criminal groups and to a lesser extent other ethnic criminal groups are the principal transporters and wholesale distributors of multi-kilogram quantities of powdered cocaine in Ohio .

Gram quantities sell between $100-$120, ounce quantities, $750-$1400, and kilograms $22,500 - $32,000. The purity levels for cocaine HCL range from 32.54 to 72.75 percent. Purity levels for crack cocaine range from 19 to 63.7 percent. The Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services data indicates that the number of treatment admissions for cocaine abuse for 2003 was 9,879.