Crack cocaine is one of the primary reasons for this. Cocaine, as with any addictive drug, poses more problems for the community than just having another addict on the street. Crime is always associated with the use of any drug. This is due to the simple fact that abusers can not support their habit on their own. All people of the community become prey, as property crimes increase.
Violence also is part of the cocaine epidemic.
Any family this day and age can be touched by the cocaine epidemic, from drive by shootings to residential robbery. At the Wood County Sheriff Department we attempt to target any group or groups involved in narcotics, which includes street gangs, to eliminate violence from our community. As long as the community and police work together, the use of narcotics and the crime associated with it will decrease. Heroin is primarily used through injection causing wide spread concerns for all. Syringes lost or left behind by users carry disease and narcotics which can effect anyone who comes in contact with them.