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To the Editor: Kleber (Feb. 3 issue)¹ refers to an explosion of use by young people of "crack" cocaine in the 1980s and implies that it was due to a dramatic drop in price and to increased availability. Clearly, any use of crack among younger people is reason for grave concern. Nonetheless, it would be difficult to find epidemiologic evidence that the use of crack "exploded" among the young after its price dropped and its availability increased. Fortunately, the prevalence of crack use has remained low among children and adolescents, relative to that of other drugs. According to the National . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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