Calgary has a serious crack cocaine problem
Posted Feb 10, 2011 8:30 am.
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Police estimate crack addicts are responsible for more than 80 per cent of the crime in the city.
Four out of every five crimes on the docket at Calgary courts are connected in some way to the most addictive drug on the planet.
Serious addicts spend thousands of dollars a week feeding their habit.
The President of the Calgary Police Association tells 660News crack cocaine is a big reason why the city’s drug treatment programs.
John Dooks says the only way police are going to win the war against crack is by hitting importers and dealers where it hurts; in the pocketbook.
Dooks hopes new laws that allow the province to seize cars and homes from drug dealers will help stop the flow of the illegal drug.
More than 400kg of cocaine passes through Calgary each and every year, with much of that being turned into crack cocaine.
Provincial Court Judge Jim Ogle tells The Calgary Sun the costs to society are staggering for a heavily addicted crack cocaine user.
