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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

So, poor people now could get access to what previously had beenconsidered a rich man's...

So, poor people now could get access to what previously had been
considered a rich man's drug

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So, poor people now could get access
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to what previously had been considered a rich man's drug.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:32
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.
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...
I remember seeing that commercial. I was like, "I worked there." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
I remember seeing that commercial. I was like, "I worke...
So, my man came to me and he said, "I got a way for you to make some money." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
So, my man came to me and he said, "I got a way for you...
I asked him, "What is it?" He's like, "It's cocaine cooked up." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
I asked him, "What is it?" He's like, "I...
And no more than, like, 20, 30 minutes, that was gone. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And no more than, like, 20, 30 minutes, that was gone.
Walk away from the stem, it's saying, calling you back, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Walk away from the stem, it's saying, calling you back,
People would come with a handful of money, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
People would come with a handful of money,
And, you know, after I had learned the business, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
And, you know, after I had learned the business,
I can make money quick." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
I can make money quick."
The only thing you hear is people selling crack, crack, crack. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The only thing you hear is people selling crack, crack, crac...