crack houses
Illicit narcotic premises
A crack house is a building, usually a dilapidated residence, where crack cocaine is sold and smoked.
These became notorious in American cities during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s: The neighborhood was full of abandoned crack houses.
The term evokes urban decay, addiction, and danger.
- dealersThose who sell merchandise
- narcoticsDrugs inducing sleep, numbness
- rock cocaineSmokable cocaine crystals
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- drug paraphernaliaSubstance use equipment
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- vicevice, debauchery, prostitution, depravity, immorality
- hellholeshellhole, dungeons, dungeon, dump, dumps
- rough neighborhoodsslums, ghettos, ghetto, inner city, projects
- vice industriesstrip clubs, porn, pornography, adult entertainment, sex shops
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Stores dispensing medications
dispensaries · rehabilitation clinics · methadone clinics · hospitals · medical facilities
crack housescommunity centers
Public gathering facilities
churches · schools · libraries · family homes · places of worship
crack housessafe houses
Protected locations for concealment
family homes · luxury residences · gated communities · community centers · churches
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