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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Many people thought, "Well, that must be because Congress thought that crack was 100...

Many people thought, "Well, that must be because Congress thought that crack was 100 times
more dangerous than powder cocaine." No

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Many people thought,
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"Well, that must be because
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Congress thought that crack was 100 times more dangerous than powder cocaine."
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Duration
14 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:31
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.
This was a feature of the haste with which we wrote this. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
This was a feature of the haste with which we wrote this.
So fast we're not even thinking straight about what we're trying to accomplish. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So fast we're not even thinking straight about what we&...
It was screw-up on top of screw-up on top of screw-up. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It was screw-up on top of screw-up on top of screw-up.
That's... 1988, they extended that law - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
That's... 1988, they extended that law
The decision in the 1988 legislation - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:22
The decision in the 1988 legislation
The thinking at the time was that... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The thinking at the time was that...
Crack... was being used... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Crack... was being used...
More openly in the Black community, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
More openly in the Black community,
The whole idea, if you could concentrate on where the most damage to society was... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
The whole idea, if you could concentrate on where the most d...
And it was overkill. Clearly, it was overkill. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
And it was overkill. Clearly, it was overkill.
Is an oft-time phrase that you've heard, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Is an oft-time phrase that you've heard,
I, George Herbert Walker Bush, do solemnly swear... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I, George Herbert Walker Bush, do solemnly swear...
"I will faithfully execute the office...." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
"I will faithfully execute the office...."
So, George H.W. Bush had come into office - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
So, George H.W. Bush had come into office
There are those who cannot free themselves of enslavement to whatever addiction, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
There are those who cannot free themselves of enslavement to...
Remember, George H.W. Bush was Reagan's vice president. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Remember, George H.W. Bush was Reagan's vice president.
He actually had been in charge of anti-drug operations - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
He actually had been in charge of anti-drug operations
So, he had every reason to want to show - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
So, he had every reason to want to show
There are few clear areas - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
There are few clear areas
But take my word for it, this scourge will stop! - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
But take my word for it, this scourge will stop!