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The decision in the 1988 legislation to associate a mandatory minimum penalty with the possession
of a small amount of crack-cocaine was part of a larger shift and a decision on the part of officials
in the Reagan administration to criminalize drug abusers, and specifically to criminalize
people who abused crack
of a small amount of crack-cocaine was part of a larger shift and a decision on the part of officials
in the Reagan administration to criminalize drug abusers, and specifically to criminalize
people who abused crack
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The decision in the 1988 legislation
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to associate a mandatory minimum penalty
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with the possession
of a small amount of crack-cocaine
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was part of a larger shift and a decision
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on the part of officials
in the Reagan administration
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to criminalize drug abusers,
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and specifically to criminalize
people who abused crack.
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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.
