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jan 1, 1990 - The Rise of Drugs and Murder

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Due to the rise of crack cocaine in the late 1980s and early 90s, the city's homicide rates were at an all time high. In one year, there were 2,262 murder in one year, which is a record that has yet to be broken.

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jan 1, 1990
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~ 35 years ago

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