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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It's called "cocaine hydrochloride." And the hydrochloride portion is a salt

It's called "cocaine hydrochloride." And the hydrochloride portion is a salt

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It's called "cocaine hydrochloride."
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And the hydrochloride portion is a salt.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:50
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
And you can't smoke it if that hydrochloride portion is on, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
And you can't smoke it if that hydrochloride portion is...
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...