I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Very recently, this week or so, a crackhouse moved in next door to my apartment. My neighbourhood is otherwise quite nice. I have nice neighbours. All the houses are well-kept. It's a lower-middle class neighbourhood. We live in an apartment in the top floor of a two-story home. What should we do? [more inside]
posted by radgardener on Jul 8, 2008 - 22 answers

How can I get inside the drug trade? Er, through movies (or books)? [more inside]
posted by dhartung on Aug 2, 2007 - 43 answers

I live in New York City. Drugs are being brought and sold on my block. What do I do? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 5, 2007 - 22 answers

How can thieves profit from stolen masterpieces by using them as "collateral" for drug trafficking? How might they use the stolen works for money laundering? [more inside]
posted by taz on May 5, 2006 - 7 answers

SociopoliticalChatFilter: Why are the destitute down and outs in Vancouver so different to the usual class of beggar/street person I am used to in London? [more inside]
posted by public on May 1, 2006 - 20 answers

I just moved down the street from a crack house... Safety tips? [more inside]
posted by salvia on Mar 19, 2006 - 46 answers

I live in the Central District in Seattle and see crack being dealt on a daily basis. About 15 guys hang outside of a local gas station at a bus stop, at a major intersection at certain times of the day, and are criminally blatant about it (i.e. visibly exchanging drugs for money, counting money). How is this permitted to happen? [more inside]
posted by iamck on Nov 7, 2005 - 31 answers

when Prohibition ended in the USA, did crime (both organised crime and general crime) increase or decrease? Did levels of alcholism increase? Did alcohol become cheaper? Are there lessons to be learned about the potential effects of legalising drugs? [MI] [more inside]
posted by Pericles on Feb 22, 2004 - 5 answers