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Cocaine abuse can be found in the metropolitan and rural areas of the state of Louisiana. Almost all powdered cocaine that is brought into the state of Louisiana is turned into crack cocaine by lower level drug trafficking organizations. Black American street gangs and independent dealers are the primary source for retail level crack cocaine.

Louisiana residents, age 12 and older, reported that 89,000 of them ahve abused cocaine in the last year. Further reports show that 107,000 Louisiana residents have abused an illegal drug in the last year. That is a 34,000-person increase from the year before.

Louisiana children are becoming more likely to abuse cocaine as well. 1.4% of 8th grade children have abused cocaine at least once in their lifetime. 3.2% of 12th graders have abused cocaine at least once in their lifetime as well.

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Officials have named crack cocaine as the primary drug threat to the state of Louisiana. This is mostly due to the extreme addictive qualities crack has, as well as the violence that circulates around the drug. When a person is addicted to crack cocaine they are consumed with intense cravings for the drug. One of the reasons why crack cocaine is so profitable to drug dealers is because it is not designed to last long, hence the cravings once the drug is gone. Crack cocaine addicts have been known to lie, cheat, steal and committ acts of violence in order to obtain their crack.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, there are 98,000 Louisiana residents that need help for a substance abuse addiction but are not receiving that help. 5.2% of 12th graders in the state of Louisiana also need help but are not receiving any.

There were 25,392 admissions to drug and alcohol treatment centers in the state of Louisiana. Cocaine abuse accounted for 5,671 of those admissions.  

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The Federal government was responsible for over 168 kilograms of cocaine being seized in the state of Louisiana for 2008. 34.3% of the Federally-sentenced defendants in Louisiana had committed a drug offense. 45% of those people had cases that involved crack cocaine.

It has become necessary to place cocaine and crack cocaine addicts in prison in order to protect the rest of society, however that does nothing to solve their addiction to the drug. The only real to handle a cocaine addiction is to enroll in a drug treatment program. Before someone gets placed within the prison system, it is vital to enroll them into a rehab so they can permanently handle their addiction to cocaine.

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