HOOKED: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way – Cocaine [Video]

 

HOOKED: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way – Cocaine [Video]

Episode 053: We’ll Get You 2 Crack, as we detailed the history of powder cocaine and crack cocaine in America. This film is well worth the time spent viewing it, as it provides the viewer with the background of the historical social and political circumstances that eventually led to the War on Drugs and crack epidemic in the latter part of the 20th Century.

Since the mass criminalization of drug offenses over the past thirty or so years–especially for crack that notoriously receives many times the sentencing of powder cocaine–allowed for the rise of the prison industrial complex that has ensnared so many youth, it is really important to understand the history of these drugs in America.

Another interesting thing is the evolution of the social acceptability of cocaine use throughout it’s history. People viewed the drug very differently a couple of hundred years ago. Be sure to check out the film below.

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