Tag: 1968
West Virginia 1968: Crime and Chaos in the Mountain State
In 1968, West Virginia was grappling with a growing narcotics crisis, as the state’s mountainous terrain and rural communities made it an ideal hub for heroin trafficking. According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, narcotics were a major contributor to the state’s crime woes, with the FBI noting a significant spike in narcotics-related…
