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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Why was our community saturated with such a devastating chemical?

Why was our community saturated with such a devastating chemical?

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Why was our community saturated
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with such a devastating chemical?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:10
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
And that was kinda like chemical warfare... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
And that was kinda like chemical warfare...
From the White House, President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
From the White House, President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan.
Drugs take away the dream - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Drugs take away the dream
Nancy has been intensely involved in the effort to fight drug abuse. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Nancy has been intensely involved in the effort to fight dru...
Not long ago, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Not long ago,
And I answered, "Just say, 'No.'" - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:21
And I answered, "Just say, 'No.'"
The anti-crack campaign was the biggest anti-drug campaign in American history. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
The anti-crack campaign was the biggest anti-drug campaign i...
- ♪ Don't need it ♪ - ♪ Say no ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:08
- ♪ Don't need it ♪ - ♪ Say no ♪
What about helping the inner cities - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
What about helping the inner cities
The "Just Say No" to drugs campaign by Nancy Reagan... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
The "Just Say No" to drugs campaign by Nancy Reaga...
It was... It felt extraordinarily hypocritical... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It was... It felt extraordinarily hypocritical...
Because this was happening at a time when the US government was - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
Because this was happening at a time when the US government ...
I was getting my cocaine from Nicaraguans, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
I was getting my cocaine from Nicaraguans,
You know, there was other sources that I have gotten cocaine from, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
You know, there was other sources that I have gotten cocaine...
Central America was going through violent civil wars at the time, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
Central America was going through violent civil wars at the ...
The United States had supported a dictatorship in Nicaragua. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
The United States had supported a dictatorship in Nicaragua.
That government was overthrown by the Sandinista movement in 1979. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
That government was overthrown by the Sandinista movement in...
It was pretty much a ragtag band of leftists and Marxists. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It was pretty much a ragtag band of leftists and Marxists.
The Sandinista dictatorship of Nicaragua, with full Cuban-Soviet Bloc support, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:17
The Sandinista dictatorship of Nicaragua, with full Cuban-So...
The United States said, "We're not gonna tolerate - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
The United States said, "We're not gonna tolerate