Surveillance of the market showed as many as 26 transactions an hour during peak sales times (rush hour and lunchtime), less other times. The markets are often extremely profitable for the dealer, and the income is nontaxable.Ī private security firm hired by a Cincinnati housing agency calculated the yearly income of one apartment-complex drug market. 1 In these markets, users and dealers buy and sell a wide range of illicit drugs, predominantly cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. Problem Descriptionĭrug markets in privately owned apartment complexes are most often found in low-income areas where property owners sometimes retreat (out of fear or financial considerations) from investing in repairs and otherwise practicing effective management.
Finally, it summarizes the full range of measures you can use to address drug markets in apartment complexes. It suggests ways to encourage property owners to take more responsibility for problems. It describes the types of drug markets found in apartment complexes and provides questions to ask when analyzing those markets. What else could be done? Why is this problem occurring? What conditions facilitate the drug market's operations, and what remedies will work best? If you have an apartment complex in your community where drug dealing is occurring, you may have found that simply making arrests has not closed the drug market. PDF Guide Order Bound Copy The Problem of Drug Dealing in Privately Owned Apartment Complexes Drug Dealing in Privately Owned Apartment Complexes Guide No.4 (2001)