$5 a Rock That Destroyed a Generation
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$5 a rock. A hundred-to-one prison sentence. And a journalist who paid with his career for exposing where it came from.
The history of crack cocaine — how a cocaine oversupply problem became a five-dollar rock that flooded American cities, filled federal prisons faster than any drug in history, and exposed a cover-up linking the CIA, the Contra war, and the streets of Los Angeles.
Featuring Richard Pryor's freebasing fire, Freeway Rick Ross, the 1986 crack-powder sentencing disparity, and Gary Webb's Dark Alliance investigation.
This is a sequel to our History of Cocaine video — watch that one first for the full picture.
Keywords: history of crack cocaine, crack epidemic 1980s, Gary Webb Dark Alliance, CIA crack cocaine, Freeway Rick Ross, crack sentencing disparity, Anti-Drug Abuse Act 1986, war on drugs history, Richard Pryor freebase fire, mass incarceration, Fair Sentencing Act, crack vs powder cocaine, 1980s drug epidemic, dark history documentary
#CrackCocaine #WarOnDrugs #GaryWebb #TrueCrime #History #CIA #MassIncarceration
Disclaimer: This video is for educational and historical purposes only. It does not promote or condone illegal drug use.
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Another claim said that Crack Cocaine was first produced in 1982 by chemistry majors at UC Berkeley.
covert war with Oliver North. And Freeway Rick was a kingpin in L.A. who started demand and lead to a nationwide crack crisis
$5 a Rock That Destroyed a Generation
Shipped
101,973 views
$5 a rock. A hundred-to-one prison sentence. And a journalist who paid with his career for exposing where it came from.
The history of crack cocaine — how a cocaine oversupply problem became a five-dollar rock that flooded American cities, filled federal prisons faster than any drug in history, and exposed a cover-up linking the CIA, the Contra war, and the streets of Los Angeles.
Featuring Richard Pryor's freebasing fire, Freeway Rick Ross, the 1986 crack-powder sentencing disparity, and Gary Webb's Dark Alliance investigation.
This is a sequel to our History of Cocaine video — watch that one first for the full picture.
Keywords: history of crack cocaine, crack epidemic 1980s, Gary Webb Dark Alliance, CIA crack cocaine, Freeway Rick Ross, crack sentencing disparity, Anti-Drug Abuse Act 1986, war on drugs history, Richard Pryor freebase fire, mass incarceration, Fair Sentencing Act, crack vs powder cocaine, 1980s drug epidemic, dark history documentary
#CrackCocaine #WarOnDrugs #GaryWebb #TrueCrime #History #CIA #MassIncarceration
Disclaimer: This video is for educational and historical purposes only. It does not promote or condone illegal drug use.