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cocaine laws  

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  • Sentence disparities between powder and crack cocaine were enacted in 1986 under the Anti-Drug Abuse Act. This act imposed strict penalties for simple possession and/or trafficking of crack cocaine as a result of the crack epidemic of the early 1980s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Cocaine Laws]

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