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Harlem youths sell heroin under Rockefeller era rules
A New York Times report details Central Harlem youths from 9 to 16 selling heroin for adult dealers, earning up to 800 dollars weekly and planning early retirement. It notes arrests, summer 1977 Operation, and the risk, profit, and social costs shaping teen holders in a major distribution hub.
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New York
Peter Brown
Harlem
Peter
Deter
Sterling Johnson
New York City
West 115Th Street
Ronald Cheribin
Manhattan
Pager
Bas
New York State
Yous
Eighth Avenue
10Th Street
Ith Street