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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And you can't smoke itif that hydrochloride portion is on, so you gotta get rid of the...

And you can't smoke it
if that hydrochloride portion is on, so you gotta get rid of the salt

Full Transcript

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And you can't smoke it if that hydrochloride portion is on,
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so you gotta get rid of the salt.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:56
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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Movie Summary

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
So, with freebasing, we figured out how to just get rid of the salt, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, with freebasing, we figured out how to just get rid of t...
So we call it "freebase." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
So we call it "freebase."
Most people, when they buy the powder, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Most people, when they buy the powder,
And they call it "crack." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:23
And they call it "crack."
It's more efficient, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
It's more efficient,
In five to 15 seconds, the crack user is high. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
In five to 15 seconds, the crack user is high.
I can get up from here now and walk to the moon, okay? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I can get up from here now and walk to the moon, okay?
Cocaine was made more available by making crack - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Cocaine was made more available by making crack
So, poor people now could get access - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, poor people now could get access
It seemed like, "Boom. There's 20 crackheads." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
It seemed like, "Boom. There's 20 crackheads."...
They'd just keep going over and over, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
They'd just keep going over and over,
The level of euphoria was just multiplied. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The level of euphoria was just multiplied.
I'm tongue-twisted because there's no words - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I'm tongue-twisted because there's no words
It made me feel like I was on top of the world. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It made me feel like I was on top of the world.
From that point on, I was addicted, and all I wanted to do was smoke. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
From that point on, I was addicted, and all I wanted to do w...
I was still in high school, and I needed to make some money. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
I was still in high school, and I needed to make some money.
I was having a baby on the way and, you know, things were hard. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I was having a baby on the way and, you know, things were ha...
My mother was like, "Just get a job." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
My mother was like, "Just get a job."
Yeah, I remember that commercial that they had of Calvin and they said, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
Yeah, I remember that commercial that they had of Calvin and...
I'm just glad somebody believed in him enough to give him a chance. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I'm just glad somebody believed in him enough to give h...