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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The Boston Celtics select Len Bias of the University of Maryland

The Boston Celtics select Len Bias of the University of Maryland

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The Boston Celtics select
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Len Bias of the University of Maryland.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:51
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.
He goes back to his dormitory at the University of Maryland, and... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
He goes back to his dormitory at the University of Maryland,...
A local success story took a tragic turn this morning. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
A local success story took a tragic turn this morning.
Len Bias, the Maryland University basketball star, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
Len Bias, the Maryland University basketball star,
If police were shocked to hear the news of Len Bias's sudden death, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
If police were shocked to hear the news of Len Bias's s...
Right now, police say the case is labeled "suspicious", - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Right now, police say the case is labeled "suspicious&q...
Tonight, NBC's Jim Kaiserski reports how the Len Bias tragedy - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Tonight, NBC's Jim Kaiserski reports how the Len Bias t...
When the media gets hold of the story, the assumption is... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
When the media gets hold of the story, the assumption is...
Then he really becomes the kind of poster child for crack - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Then he really becomes the kind of poster child for crack
The American media had gotten a hold of "crack" now. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The American media had gotten a hold of "crack" no...
And now it had taken a different trajectory or narrative. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
And now it had taken a different trajectory or narrative.
Not only did they say he smoked crack, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Not only did they say he smoked crack,
"This is how powerful and dangerous this drug was," they said. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
"This is how powerful and dangerous this drug was,"...
At Len Bias's funeral, Jesse Jackson says, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:18
At Len Bias's funeral, Jesse Jackson says,
Strong athletes, dying from cocaine." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
Strong athletes, dying from cocaine."
The crack problem has become a crack crisis, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The crack problem has become a crack crisis,
Two words that were used again and again for crack - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
Two words that were used again and again for crack
It is serious. It is an epidemic and it can kill." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
It is serious. It is an epidemic and it can kill."
Politicians used them to scare people. The media used them to scare people. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Politicians used them to scare people. The media used them t...
The drug so powerful, it will empty the money from your pockets, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
The drug so powerful, it will empty the money from your pock...
If I want to show the drug problem, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
If I want to show the drug problem,