[Ads-l] Antedating of "Crack" (Cocaine)

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

Ooh, there's a very slightly earlier sighting of "crack" over at
genealogybank.com.

-- Bonnie

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"This stuff is safer to handle, but just as deadly in its addictive
qualities," Bronx Narcotics Unit Lt. John Creegan said of the new
cocaine product called "crack."

("Crack" shows up two more times in this article. -- Bonnie)

[Cy Egan, "Narcs Seize 'Super' Cocaine," New York Post, 8 August 1985,
p. 21; https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A169638E7A0BEAD17%40GB3NEWS-178595706CD4FE71%402446286-17859035B76CA0AD%4020-17859035B76CA0AD?clipid=excifslktmdzerpwtemaepozxccvltzs_ip-10-166-46-110_1731795119532.]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 4:48 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> crack, n. (OED, III. 20, 1985 6 Dec.)
>
> 1985 Herald Statesman (Yonkers, N.Y.) 22 Sept. 5/2 (Newspapers.com)
>
> Crack is a form of cocaine heated to produce potent fumes that are inhaled.
>
> Fred Shapiro

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