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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Then this bomb explodesthat will affect the whole country

Then this bomb explodes
that will affect the whole country

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Then this bomb explodes that will affect the whole country.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:51
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.
Fire department paramedics found writer and comedian Richard Pryor - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
Fire department paramedics found writer and comedian Richard...
This news report came in about Richard Pryor - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
This news report came in about Richard Pryor
He had used freebase, which is a combination of cocaine and ether. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
He had used freebase, which is a combination of cocaine and ...
And when he ignited it, whether it was on a cigarette, we don't know, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
And when he ignited it, whether it was on a cigarette, we do...
"What's that?" "Richard Pryor running down the street." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
"What's that?" "Richard Pryor running do...
And Richard Pryor burning himself up with it - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
And Richard Pryor burning himself up with it
It's called "cocaine hydrochloride." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
It's called "cocaine hydrochloride."
And you can't smoke it if that hydrochloride portion is on, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
And you can't smoke it if that hydrochloride portion is...
So, with freebasing, we figured out how to just get rid of the salt, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, with freebasing, we figured out how to just get rid of t...
So we call it "freebase." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
So we call it "freebase."
Most people, when they buy the powder, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Most people, when they buy the powder,
And they call it "crack." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:23
And they call it "crack."
It's more efficient, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:12
It's more efficient,
In five to 15 seconds, the crack user is high. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
In five to 15 seconds, the crack user is high.
I can get up from here now and walk to the moon, okay? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I can get up from here now and walk to the moon, okay?
Cocaine was made more available by making crack - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Cocaine was made more available by making crack
So, poor people now could get access - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, poor people now could get access
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.