How widespread is cocaine and crack addiction?
• In 1997, there were approximately 1.5 million regular users of crack cocaine or powdered cocaine. • 1-tenth of the population – over 22 million people have tried cocaine or crack cocaine. • Each day 5,000 more people will experiment with cocaine or crack cocaine. • Cocaine is a $35 billion illicit industry now exceeding Columbia’s #1 export, coffee. • 1 in 10 workers say they know someone who uses cocaine or crack cocaine on the job.
