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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Our children are gonnacontinue to be exposed to that horrible,horrible new concoction...

Our children are gonna
continue to be exposed to that horrible,
horrible new concoction called crack

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Our children are gonna continue to be exposed
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to that horrible, horrible new concoction called crack.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:54
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.
Cocaine used to be the exclusive pastime of the wealthy. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Cocaine used to be the exclusive pastime of the wealthy.
So, it's 1986. There's gonna be an election. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
So, it's 1986. There's gonna be an election.
And now, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
And now,
And he says, "I want a comprehensive anti-drug bill." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
And he says, "I want a comprehensive anti-drug bill.&qu...
If I had my way, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
If I had my way,
It's hard, generally, for the public to appreciate - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:14
It's hard, generally, for the public to appreciate
In Washington, it might take years. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
In Washington, it might take years.
So, in that window, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:23
So, in that window,
It was the most unjust federal law ever written. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It was the most unjust federal law ever written.
It has a ratio of powder cocaine... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It has a ratio of powder cocaine...
100 grams gets you a certain sentence, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
100 grams gets you a certain sentence,
If you've seen a sugar packet in the restaurant, that's one gram. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
If you've seen a sugar packet in the restaurant, that&#...
Five of those tiny amounts of crack would get you a minimum of five years, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
Five of those tiny amounts of crack would get you a minimum ...
Five grams of crack, 500 grams of powder cocaine... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Five grams of crack, 500 grams of powder cocaine...
Many people thought, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:14
Many people thought,
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