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Paris struggles against tide of crack cocaine
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PARIS, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – As Ousmane heats the small square of whitish powder, the “rock” crackles. One draw on his homemade pipe, and he is away with the spirals of smoke.
Despite officials’ best efforts to drive it out of Paris, crack is still wreaking havoc among users in France’s capital.
“Crack, it’s the pleasure of having a Ferrari, of being with a sex bomb, of cooking great food…,” says Ousmane, a former teacher, now in his 40s, as he sits next to the canal near Place Stalingrad.
“All of life in one dose.”
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