At the shows center is franklin saint, a young dealer. Young dealer franklin found himself facing a murder charge. The crack epidemic the history of crack cocaine drug. We based this projected in south central because it is where the crack epidemic started. The reagan administration and the cia also collaborated with nicaraguan cocaine traffickers to support the contras led to the crack epidemic of the 1980s.
The crack epidemic the history of crack cocaine drugfree. Speakers compare opioid crisis to 80s crack epidemic. This resulted in a number of social consequences, such as increasing crime and violence in american inner city neighborhoods, as well as a resulting backlash in the form of tough on crime policies. Crack epidemic united states history 1980s britannica. Feb 22, 2016 this project was created for uclas m5 winter quarter class by kathry, richard, christian, govind, and damonte. The invention of crack represented a technological innovation that dramatically widened the availability and use of cocaine in inner cities. A number of writers have alleged that the united states central intelligence agency cia was involved in cocaine trafficking during the 1980s. The cia, contras, gangs, and crack institute for policy studies. The crack epidemic that once ravaged black neighborhoods didn. Crack cocaine first appeared in miami, where caribbean immigrants taught adolescents the technique of converting powdered cocaine into crack. Snowfall is a onehour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we. Why the crack epidemic and tough on crime still linger whyy.
This project was created for uclas m5 winter quarter class by kathry, richard, christian, govind, and damonte. The crack epidemic that once ravaged black neighborhoods. Ucla afro am m5 project the crack epidemic of south central. It was nothing more than a different version of cocaine, the agency figured. In 1996, a bombshell report by journalist gary webb claimed that the central. Arrested in 1993, she served a year prison sentence, and. This creates a short high, followed by tiredness, depression, panic, anxiety, and brain damage. The crack epidemic in the united states was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the united states between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. In the interview notes with filmmaker levin, blandon confirms his support of the contras and his role in drug trafficking, but downplays his significance.
Small doses of it are smoked into the lungs and delivered quickly to the brain. According to one article, the cocaine that flooded in through blandons drug ring helped spark a crack explosion in. It is one of the most highly additive and destructive drugs in the world. How one journalist linked the cia to the crack epidemic and. This resulted in a number of social consequences, such as increasing crime and violence in american inner city neighborhoods, as well as a resulting backlash in the form of tough on crime. Crack epidemic not result of plot, paper claims the. It was the first place where crack cocaine gained media attention. Feb 20, 1989 crack more than tripled the number of cocaine users in the city since 1986. The drug enforcement agency didnt pay it much mind then.
Although it did find that both men were major drug dealers, guilty of enriching themselves at the expense of countless drug users. Measuring crack cocaine and its impact harvard university. Is franklin saint from snowfall based on a real person. In 1996, a bombshell report by journalist gary webb claimed that the central intelligence agency cia supported cocaine trafficking into the u. After 3 years, crack plague in new york only gets worse. Based on a yearlong investigation, reporter gary webb wrote that during the 1980s the cia helped finance its covert war against nicaraguas leftist government through sales of cutrate cocaine to south central l. These claims have led to investigations by the united states government, including hearings and reports by the united states house of representatives, senate, department of justice, and the cias office of the inspector general. Key figures in ciacrack cocaine scandal begin to come forward. According to new york state statistics, there were 182,000 regular cocaine users in new york city in 1986. Ap photodamian dovarganes listen to the why wherever you get your podcasts. Shabazz identifies with the sense of being lost in your own life as he witnessed the catastrophic rise of crack in new york decimated the city. Agent lionel salgado looks for crack cocaine in a crips mouth. The return of freeway ricky ross, the man behind a crack.
The biggest surge in the use of the drug occurred during the crack epidemic, between 1984 and 1990, when the drug spread across american cities. With it came skyrocketing violent crime rates and unmatched death tolls. The crack epidemic of the 1980s history essays essay. Crack more than tripled the number of cocaine users in the city since 1986. Turning to tv now, snowfall is a new series that debuts on the fx channel wednesday. The big lie is that we started it all the crack epidemic we were just a small part. According to new york state statistics, there were 182,000. Karen bass and cnn political commentator van jones discussed the read more. Freeway ricky ross, the drug kingpin who ignited crack. Cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking wikipedia. Based on a yearlong investigation, reporter gary webb wrote that during the 1980s the cia helped finance its covert war against nicaraguas leftist government through sales of cutrate cocaine to south central. Shabazz identifies with the sense of being lost in your own life as he witnessed the catastrophic rise of.
It was not orchestrated by the contras or the cia or any single drug ring. Unspeakable times lists at ranker the ultimate source for. Crack epidemic missing chicago in urban sweep the new york. By 1985, cocainerelated hospital emergencies rose by 12 percent, from. The true story of the 1980s crack epidemic is still untold.