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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

�� Whoo-hoo ♪ ♪ A celebration ♪ In the '80s,you began seeing money flow

�� Whoo-hoo ♪ ♪ A celebration ♪ In the '80s,
you began seeing money flow

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♪ Whoo-hoo ♪
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♪ A celebration ♪
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In the '80s, you began seeing money flow.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:23
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.
I always think about Wall Street - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I always think about Wall Street
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
♪ Celebrate good times, come on ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
♪ Celebrate good times, come on ♪
Where has this stuff been?" - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
Where has this stuff been?"
It was accepted in the jazz world, it was accepted in the pop world. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It was accepted in the jazz world, it was accepted in the po...
It was the social drug of the elite. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It was the social drug of the elite.
There's a lot of pressure, and they're making an awful lot of money. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
There's a lot of pressure, and they're making an a...
I couldn't wait to finish college and make money - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
I couldn't wait to finish college and make money
The movie Scarface made it so popular to do cocaine. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
The movie Scarface made it so popular to do cocaine.
We would be in the clubs and have our $100 bills - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
We would be in the clubs and have our $100 bills
It was, like, a glamorous thing to do, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
It was, like, a glamorous thing to do,
It was like, people that were driving Mercedes-Benzes - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
It was like, people that were driving Mercedes-Benzes
You know, that was not... That particular drug, powder cocaine, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
You know, that was not... That particular drug, powder cocai...
What comes with Reagan is the proliferation of wealth for a few - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
What comes with Reagan is the proliferation of wealth for a ...
The Reagan administration takes - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
The Reagan administration takes
We see millions of more people coming into extreme poverty. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
We see millions of more people coming into extreme poverty.
The line stretched around three sides of the block - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
The line stretched around three sides of the block
Almost 8.5 million Americans are without jobs. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Almost 8.5 million Americans are without jobs.
1982 is one of the highest rates of unemployment - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
1982 is one of the highest rates of unemployment
And then Black communities' unemployment, always twice that of the white community. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
And then Black communities' unemployment, always twice ...