What is the “crack problem” Gorbachev faced in the late 1980s?

Why did he face this problem?

I hope that my answer helps you :)

Question- what is the “crack problem” Gorbachev faced in the late 1980s? Why did he face this problem?

(I had to do this for homework, so I hope that my answer helps you:))

Answer- The “crack problem” that Gorbachev faced in the late 1980s was that in the late 1980s, the majority of cocaine being shipped to the United States, landing in Miami, was coming through the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic. Soon there was a huge glut of cocaine powder in these islands, which caused the price to  drop by as much as 80%. Faced with dropping prices for their illegal product, drug dealers made a decision to convert the powder to "crack", a solid smokeable form of cocaine, that could be sold in smaller quantities, to more people. It was cheap, simple to produce, ready to use, and highly profitable for dealers to develop. In '85, cocaine-related hospital emergencies rose by 12%, from 23,500 to 26,300. In '86, these incidents increased 110%, from 26,300 to 55,200. Between '84 and '87, cocaine incidents increased to 94,000. By '87, crack was reported to be available in the District of Columbia and all but four states in the United States.

"the importance of the japanese economy and security is far greater than that of the asian values"

not  

cuba  

russia  

iraq  

el salvador  

explanation:

known as the land of volcanoes, el salvador has visit seismic tremors and volcanic movement. it is the main nation in central america that does not have a coastline on the caribbean sea. about portion of all salvadorans live in the wide open. they are poor and don't have power or running water in their homes. in 1525, pedro de alvarado, a lieutenant of cortés's, vanquished el salvador. el salvador, with alternate nations of central america, pronounced its freedom from spain on sept. 15, 1821, and was a piece of a league of central american states until the point when that association broke up in 1838.