My friends and I lived through this in the early 80’s. This is all true, not dramatically enhanced at all. I just didn’t know it affected so many Caucasian communities. It totally destroyed Black communities across the country. I now live in the suburbs of Chicago, there are whole towns that look like a bomb went of and destroyed everything, all done by crack addicts, dealers and swat teams. Harvey Illinois, Chicago Heights, Ford Heights, Sauk Village, Robbins....and that’s not even talking about the city of Chicago...these are suburbs that surrounds Chicago. There are places in the city where you can drive for blocks/miles and see nothing but burned up buildings, open lots where houses used to be, anything that made money like a store....gone. Shit...the Ford Heights police station is vacant and spray painted on....the damn police station! County cops patrol there now, once every 2 weeks. These towns are all still open air drug markets to this day. 1. Gentrification is real. 2. Damn straight the CIA did this to help fund the contras so they could overthrow their government at the time. Regan wanted to but couldn’t justify an all out war back then, so he helped to rebels. Sad part is, the younger generation doesn’t think all of that is possible, but we were there....and it happened!!! God bless these addicts and current ones as well as we still deal with the fall out from this to the current day!
I was about 8 to 10 and the violence in Miami Florida was frequently on the news here in Belgium. These were the first news reports i had seen, along with those of Pablo Escobar, the murder of Paul Castalano in '85, the wars in South America... News was quite intimidating...
Crack era was more wild then this meth shit lmao . And that tweak shit been arpund longer then crack it was just speed . Crack had mfs not givig a fuck about nothing
I don’t think it’s worse at all. Just more media coverage and stupid nonsensical drug laws & mandatory minimum sentences for the lowest common denominator. They should root out the vice squad members taking the kickbacks and allowing certain dealers to operate, but that’ll never happen. Nothing ever changes. As long as people wanna get high there will be dope. And as long as they don’t hurt anyone they should be able to use whatever substance they want. How ridiculous is it for one adult to say to another adult “you can’t eat, drink, smoke or ingest a substance? Fkn retarded
Yea they basically advertised the drug for the world to see, I wonder how many people who would of never known crack existed if it weren't for the government turning a blind eye to supplying it and advertising it
The military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned our grandparents about has seized power via our federal reserve. These people along with key corporate conglomerates and banking cartels have embarked upon a world wide depopulation agenda. The inundation of narcotics and moraless propaganda has primed America's youth for absolute slavery and economic serfdom.
@Gary E. Ko that's what they're doing. They're going up to cars offering crack!! That's entrapment! They're going after users instead of dealers. That's pussy shit.
It is entrapment however, all states have a varying interpretation of how it (entrapment) applies & works within the given case premised upon the facts and circumstances involved...
The old dad with glasses is a figure of absolute fatherhood. Completely quiet and let’s the old lady do the talking. The first sound you hear from him is cry’s from losing his boy.... I salute you sir!
Man that hurt. I never had a dad that raised me or had love for me man n seeing that really hurt. His dad truly loved him n to see the pain he was going through was hard man
Try losing a couple of generations. That rock hit and futures went on a totally different timeline that the effects are still felt even today. Sad reality
My mom is 56 and I thank her almost every day for not falling victim to drugs, she’s the only girl of 8 boys and all but one has done or sold drugs… A few are still using today and that lead a few of my cousins to use or sell as well, so I am truly blessed to have the mother I have and we are born and raised in San Francisco 🙏🏾
I remember that kid at the end. They thought everything was fine and he was starting to recover and then bam, he steals the car again. Really sad. HBO documentaries were no joke.
Law-enforcement didn’t try to stop crack use !! if they did then they would’ve been taking the people to rehab, not jail, and given of a felony !!! the whole thing was a big cash cow !!! From the lawmakers on down to the street cops, they made just as much money as the drug dealers !!!
If you look up Steven Powell on Florida department of corrections he is doing a 15 year sentence for cocaine sale and manufacturing or delivering 1000 feet from a school zone fleeing end eluding and numerous other charges
I remember watching this on HBO when I was a teenager. It would be dope ( no pun intended) if they could do a follow up and see what's up with these people today.
Wouldn’t doubt it. In NYC there was a precinct where most of the cops went from staling dealers money to stealing their drugs to outright supplying the dealers! Crazy shit just how for drug problems go!
@@hdrjunkie I've read about that case and the Miami cops shaking down dealers ... I saw an old doc and a former Miami police chief stated they were at the time desperate for sraff ...in his own words we were scraping the bottom of the employment barrel .
Crazy to see so many kids my age, but from the past decades so heavily addicted. Still happening nowadays w ppl in ever socio economic class. Hope they all get treatment. That first girl who went into rehab, hope she stayed off and is doing good. Cus she was a baddie, her outfits slayed
Sad man, those kids remind me of myself getting drunk and robbing stores, in and out of jail. Thankfully here in Canada youth are treated mildly, for most myself included the youth system didn't discourage me from doing crime but it did allow me to be able to change my life and avoid the penitentiary, allowed me to get through that phase in my life. Not a perfect system but it worked for me.
Control is an option if they legalize it all it has worked in other countries. The only other option would be to control it under ground by empowerment of one organization that distributes to all states and get rid of the rest of the organizations through the get down or lay down option. The ladder option would obviously be more problematic but the upside would be that the general public wouldn’t be the wiser that they’re being condoned by the government. Actually damn I think 🤔 the powers that be already chose the second option.
Re edit: This was documentary was nominated for an academy award. The stories about these kids is heartbreaking. They finish this off at 38:29 whoever edited this video probably had a future in film making. This was well done 😭🤩
You can still buy crack in Baltimore Maryland like it's the 1980's. In the glass viles and everything. Nickels and dimes. It's like stepping into a time machine going into West Baltimore. And it's 2022 nothing's changed in 35 years.
@@barbarafogle3541 I live in Annapolis MD and I'm 30 minutes from Baltimore & it's true! "Red tops, blue tops, yellow tops! Coke & dope! Raw or 'scramble'!" Everyday! 👊😶✌️👁️💕🎵🍷🍄🍬
@@johnstallings4049 shots got to be from Europe thru Canada. Down south we don't even see tricks walking the beat anymore. They are more like the flash. Moving so fast if you blink there gone.
Stop enabling drug abuse by calling it an illness. It's disrespectful to people with real illnesses like cancer. They willfully took money purchased ceack and smoked it....it's completely voluntary behavior. Cancer isn't
They piss me off when they say the government should treat drug dealers as terrorists when the government the one bringing it and allowing it to get over here
A former captain in the West Palm Beach Police Department was indicted by ... Timothy Wagman, 42, was a 19-year veteran of the police force. This was back in 1993.
Was at a NA meeting and crack was the topic I said I’ve seen a lot of women lay on their back for this stuff and this big old bull lesbian jumps up and says “ I’ve seen a lot of guys drop to their knees too !
food,liquor,clothes ,household products,any and everything I used to buy all that shit from them it was like I had my own lil pawn shop sometime lol, so sad smh
It's a high that doesn't want to stop thats what's bad .you completely change your mind and senses demolish .you can't lead a normal habit .instead of this a good old fashioned marijuana joint is much healthier .the best is to know how precious life is your health your well-being .and not let a habit control you .
My guy steven didn't give a damn about nothing, his parents went and got him from jail and soon as his mama went to sleep he was out on the prowl!!! I wonder where Steven is at today?
@Steve G thanks for that link ...the parents seemed decent but I guess no matter how much help they gave it was up to the son to either take the right fork in The road .. Obviously decades after the documentary he took the wrong path .
This film never truly addressed why people started doing crack in the first place. What makes a person take their FIRST hit? The drug dealers aren't forcing anyone to use their product; people are going to them to start trying it. Something is pushing people into doing the drugs. Also, even if people don't buy drugs from a dealer, people can mix common household products together to make their own drugs. We need to figure out what makes people want to get high in the first place.
Depression, anxiety, emotional trauma, physical pain, social isolation and intellectual detachment, and can’t deny that a good bit of it is just because it feels good/is fun
The first time I ever drove a jaguar white guy who used to come buy from me in my hood traded it to me for a 50 piece in 1990 it was a 1990 xjs kept it for 2 days I was 15
I'm an ex addict I wasted 20years ov My Life so we did lose a generation an its sad I feel for theys addicts who are still suffering they always go after The addicts instead of the dealers it's not right 👍👍
I mean they did & they didn't. They probably warned them to stay away from drugs but kids know their parents are wrong sometimes & they realize that some drugs don't seem all that bad so maybe the "hard" ones also aren't so hard? I think parents should say "I don't know. Perhaps we could look into getting those answers together," more often so their kids don't grow up thinking their parents are stupid or full of shit. Also, they should stop lying in order to protect the kids because everything you say then becomes suspect & no one ever thinks liars have good intentions in the first place.
Sad how the government never seems to care about the people suffering. They care more about arresting as many drug dealers as possible, but forget about the people on drugs. That's why this hasn't ended. The demand is still there even after the dealer is gone. But the opposite isn't true, the supplier doesn't stay when there is no more demand.
24:00 White Girl: I Took One Hit And Called My Job & Told Them I Quite 😂 Gott Damn Now I See Why My Dad, Aunt, Uncle's And Half My Family Was Hooked On This Shyt 😬 Still Are 😣 My Aunt Was Shot & Killed Out On Them Streets. From D.C to Riverside California
Umm what’s the point of arresting the addict who’s buying 20$ of crack? Y didn’t they go after the big fish 🐠 oh that’s rite the government is the big fish 🐠 😂
Drugs and prostitution are illegal most places because most governments haven't figured out how to tax them adequately to profit from both of them. Period. Lots of examples of places that stopped giving a shit about it, and usage rates and abuse have gone down.
Drugs are illegal because, if you watch the video, you'll see they devastate communities and by extention the economy. Look at how irresponsible people are with drink, and people want to unleash and legalise drugs? And alcohol isn't as addictive. Drugs are made to annihilate societies and its working.
I remember this doc when it came out. When that young kid got out of jail and his father said he could do it, you could see in his eyes that all he wanted was a hit.
It’s only ever a problem once it spreads beyond the poor
Boo fucking hoo.
Right!
@@robertyoung7823 your'e on that crack too and it shows
@@2bitchessofinethatimasturb1845 typical response. Sorry to disappoint you but never in my life would I touch drugs son.
@@robertyoung7823 the lie detector test determines that was a lie
“I couldn’t even help my own son” tells you a lot.
As an ex-heroin addict it’s so sad. I can relate. This brought me to tears.
Yes me to it's rough your body want allw you
My God I've never seen so many mullets in one film.
LMAO!!!
It was the 80s, that was kinda the point
😭😭
Lol
Is this Coweta Oklahoma? A mullet just like that yelled at me on the highway yesterday
so instead of busting dealers, they pretend to be dealers and arrest the users... brilliant
You make no sense
Smh right. Instead of getting the politicians allowing the drugs to come into the country in the first place the government goes after users ...smh
Only In America that make sense, the War on Drugs was and is a publicity stunt.
right just what i was thinking
arrest users and put them in rehab insted of jail get them sober and once most of them are clean the supply is dead .
The fight against drugs has been useless. So much wasted money.
theirs more money pretending to deal with it than to deal with it 🤣
Law enforcement is very happy with the so called war in drugs. More budget, equipment. And they get loads ofmoney from the cartels
The government profits off death, taxes, illness, war, crime, and addiction.
now the war in ukrain and other countries another waste of money
Crack completely destroyed my family....this video gives me more of a visual as to what both my mother and father went through
Mine too. 💜
Same here. Destroyed lots of my family.
Mine too bro, I can definitely relate.
I'm so sorry y'all had to deal with such trauma and tragedy. I hope you are doing well today, I hope y'all are ok
thank reagan and the government for that
Those reverse stings where they bust the buyers has to be the stupidest, most cruel waste of taxpayer dollars and law enforcement resources.
They can't do that in Canada !
My friends and I lived through this in the early 80’s. This is all true, not dramatically enhanced at all. I just didn’t know it affected so many Caucasian communities. It totally destroyed Black communities across the country. I now live in the suburbs of Chicago, there are whole towns that look like a bomb went of and destroyed everything, all done by crack addicts, dealers and swat teams. Harvey Illinois, Chicago Heights, Ford Heights, Sauk Village, Robbins....and that’s not even talking about the city of Chicago...these are suburbs that surrounds Chicago. There are places in the city where you can drive for blocks/miles and see nothing but burned up buildings, open lots where houses used to be, anything that made money like a store....gone. Shit...the Ford Heights police station is vacant and spray painted on....the damn police station! County cops patrol there now, once every 2 weeks. These towns are all still open air drug markets to this day.
1. Gentrification is real.
2. Damn straight the CIA did this to help fund the contras so they could overthrow their government at the time. Regan wanted to but couldn’t justify an all out war back then, so he helped to rebels. Sad part is, the younger generation doesn’t think all of that is possible, but we were there....and it happened!!! God bless these addicts and current ones as well as we still deal with the fall out from this to the current day!
💯👌🏽 Read Michelle Alexander's book or author Gary web. Both are on point and exact to your post. Good stuff 😎
And to think now it's a new drug even stronger yet, the government doesn't know where it came from smh
Regans funding of the contras and the cias involvement in the crack epidemic is still widely accepted as fact by people in my experience
I was about 8 to 10 and the violence in Miami Florida was frequently on the news here in Belgium. These were the first news reports i had seen, along with those of Pablo Escobar, the murder of Paul Castalano in '85, the wars in South America... News was quite intimidating...
Republican sheep would never have believed it, or were in absolute denial of the events.
Love the old clips. Keep em coming ❤️❤️
check out Hezakya News and Films he has a lot of old footage from the 70's, 80's and 90's in the urban community
Ms Jackson, can I change your last name to Mrs Marshall!?! I'm single.
You are absolutely gorgeous. Just a compliment I'm not a creep. I'm not even into black girls but you are so beautiful.
Yes this is history, thank you for the uploads. Great documents
Right
I had no idea it affected kids at such a young age like that! 14 & 15 year olds who are full blown addicts! It’s so heartbreaking.
The government started.the crack problem come on
Wasn't a problem when rich mutherfuckers was snorting it
The music man get d fuck out of here
They DON'T WANT THEIR HERO'S TRASHED: BUSH SR, REAGAN, & NORTH 💯💯💯
@stryfetc1 false miami dade massaker 2 colombian dealers were killed . another 2 innocent bystanders were Wounded! plz do your research
nope, you should start reading some valuable infos and not reddit or youtube comments
Damn this was in the late 80s probably. Now it’s the meth & pills now. It has become an epidemic now 😬
This isn't nothing to then
Meth in WPB? 🤨
Crack era was more wild then this meth shit lmao . And that tweak shit been arpund longer then crack it was just speed . Crack had mfs not givig a fuck about nothing
Now we have a new pandemic called covid 19 tryna find a way to stop it and its world wide!
I don’t think it’s worse at all. Just more media coverage and stupid nonsensical drug laws & mandatory minimum sentences for the lowest common denominator. They should root out the vice squad members taking the kickbacks and allowing certain dealers to operate, but that’ll never happen. Nothing ever changes. As long as people wanna get high there will be dope. And as long as they don’t hurt anyone they should be able to use whatever substance they want. How ridiculous is it for one adult to say to another adult “you can’t eat, drink, smoke or ingest a substance? Fkn retarded
you all can thank the us government for all those destroyed lives
Yea they basically advertised the drug for the world to see, I wonder how many people who would of never known crack existed if it weren't for the government turning a blind eye to supplying it and advertising it
Amen thank ur government
Just thinking about that shit is so foul
The military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned our grandparents about has seized power via our federal reserve. These people along with key corporate conglomerates and banking cartels have embarked upon a world wide depopulation agenda. The inundation of narcotics and moraless propaganda has primed America's youth for absolute slavery and economic serfdom.
You’re so right. The “gov’t” had a gun to everyone’s head - you better smoke this rock or else!
😂😂
Rare for Cops to pose as dealers to catch users.. They really must not have any leads to the dealers. I'd argue that it almost amounts to entrapment
@Gary E. Ko that's what they're doing. They're going up to cars offering crack!! That's entrapment! They're going after users instead of dealers. That's pussy shit.
g berry
So I walk up to your car and offer you crack... you gonna buy it?
Simple solution DON’T DO DRUGS
Cops legally can't pretend to deal anymore they can only pretend to be buyers nowadays
It is entrapment however, all states have a varying interpretation of how it (entrapment) applies & works within the given case premised upon the facts and circumstances involved...
It's 100% entrapment by law but the moral of the story is don't buy from somebody you haven't known since grade school...😂
I know the pawn shop was big business in the 80s with that crack epidemic going on
Lol underrated comment 😂
@stryfetc1 $50 for a gold watch, $10 for a belt sander 😂
Most pawn shop owners are ex base heads! Pawn Stars, Hardcore Pawn etc.....
Agreed! It’s like inmates and C.O.’s! Only a conviction separates the two!
It really had to be. Imagine someone bringing in a brand new Sony stereo and they'll take $20 for it LOL
The old dad with glasses is a figure of absolute fatherhood. Completely quiet and let’s the old lady do the talking. The first sound you hear from him is cry’s from losing his boy.... I salute you sir!
Man that hurt. I never had a dad that raised me or had love for me man n seeing that really hurt. His dad truly loved him n to see the pain he was going through was hard man
Crack epidemic hurt Americans all Americans bad son.
4 weeks later he was arrested, for a felony mullet.
It hit deep when he said he fear that they might lose a generation because we literally did lose a generation...
Try losing a couple of generations. That rock hit and futures went on a totally different timeline that the effects are still felt even today. Sad reality
😞
@@ddoubleu170 😔
Thats real talk. An another one in the future, drugs are way worse today, more variety now.
My mom is STILL out there. She started with crack in the 80s. I was born in 90. I'm the youngest of her four children and I'm almost 32.
Vladtv: it’s called ready rock
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Lmao
😂😂😂
Back then it was actually mixed with either and was CRACK ..once it started getting cut w baking soda it became ready.
That Hubba Rock
My mom is 56 and I thank her almost every day for not falling victim to drugs, she’s the only girl of 8 boys and all but one has done or sold drugs… A few are still using today and that lead a few of my cousins to use or sell as well, so I am truly blessed to have the mother I have and we are born and raised in San Francisco 🙏🏾
Imagine Miami was a major import city in the 80/90s , those surrounding counties were flooded with REAL coke
Still are
Thanks for posting this. Classic documentary. Real reporting and real parents.
I remember that kid at the end. They thought everything was fine and he was starting to recover and then bam, he steals the car again. Really sad. HBO documentaries were no joke.
Law-enforcement didn’t try to stop crack use !! if they did then they would’ve been taking the people to rehab, not jail, and given of a felony !!! the whole thing was a big cash cow !!! From the lawmakers on down to the street cops, they made just as much money as the drug dealers !!!
If you look up Steven Powell on Florida department of corrections he is doing a 15 year sentence for cocaine sale and manufacturing or delivering 1000 feet from a school zone fleeing end eluding and numerous other charges
I lived in Inglewood ca,from the 1980s - late 1990s.I seen the crack era take away lots of my friends...
The wood paneled caravan chasing the thunderbird made me chuckle.
As a kid I saw crack tear a few neighborhoods apart drained them
Love ya channell ! This is where im from in S Florida , Palm Beach County ! Keep the footage coming
She comes home from treatment and goes right back out
6 weeks is not enough treatment
Man I seen guys get withdrawals and be right back on the same stuff
"Just say no!"..... ah well 🤷🏿♂️🤣🤣🤣
I remember watching this on HBO when I was a teenager. It would be dope ( no pun intended) if they could do a follow up and see what's up with these people today.
Most of em probably dead
Naw bro I looked them all up in Facebook they all alive I found everybody except Sherry Whitehouse
@@wittyexquisite lmfao you really did that?
@@tripleS7VEN dead ass bro look for yourself
Dead
Great 80’s Documentary I watched the whole thing.
It was EXTREMELY BRUTAL ALLLL over the U.S. in ALL of the major states in those days.
Which are minor states, in your opinion? ( ´∀｀ )
And in Canada - and in .....(fill in the blanks) .
I swear I 💙 these vintage videos👌🏿
U shore it ain't all them white privilege dropkick junkies that you like seeing 🤣🤣🤣
They can't help being Karen's I see, even when you caught red-handed buying crack, you still want to speak to the manager! 🤦🏿♂️
So entitled they are. 😆 🤣 frfr
@@ilovejesuschrist992 who's they?
@@shroomsopenminds3623 Self-righteous white republican skanks.
" 2020/2021 it's now meth & fentanyl "
Fair trade off 😜
Pills too
Truth
has the black community ever not complained in any century
Crack is coming back with vengeance.
I want to see an in depth follow up to all these people. See who made it out and who didn't.
How much of the confiscated money goes into a cops pocket ?
All of it it dirty money they let them keep it
Shit I thought all them kept that shit especially in the 80s how else was they gone pay for there alcoholism & boats 😁
Wouldn’t doubt it. In NYC there was a precinct where most of the cops went from staling dealers money to stealing their drugs to outright supplying the dealers! Crazy shit just how for drug problems go!
If it was me all of it
@@hdrjunkie I've read about that case and the Miami cops shaking down dealers ...
I saw an old doc and a former Miami police chief stated they were at the time desperate for sraff ...in his own words we were scraping the bottom of the employment barrel .
Crazy to see so many kids my age, but from the past decades so heavily addicted. Still happening nowadays w ppl in ever socio economic class. Hope they all get treatment. That first girl who went into rehab, hope she stayed off and is doing good. Cus she was a baddie, her outfits slayed
My biggest problem when I was 14 was whether or not we could find a goalie to play on our ball hockey team.
I guess it was different time but arresting the addicts not going do much.
Sad man, those kids remind me of myself getting drunk and robbing stores, in and out of jail. Thankfully here in Canada youth are treated mildly, for most myself included the youth system didn't discourage me from doing crime but it did allow me to be able to change my life and avoid the penitentiary, allowed me to get through that phase in my life. Not a perfect system but it worked for me.
o7 Glad you made it through the struggle to the other side
American youth authority just prepare u for the big house
@@forevershampoo school to prison pipeline
@@forevershampoo
Gladiator School
when the guy emphasizes middle class white families it kinda sounds funny.
It was all fun and games untill they saw them young white girls out there on the stroll
Yep thats right because white lives matter
Lol
Think it wrong to bust the "buyers". Too lazy to get the dealers? War on drugs will NEVER be won. Legalize or control it...
Exactly
Cops will be out of a job if that happens
Control is an option if they legalize it all it has worked in other countries. The only other option would be to control it under ground by empowerment of one organization that distributes to all states and get rid of the rest of the organizations through the get down or lay down option. The ladder option would obviously be more problematic but the upside would be that the general public wouldn’t be the wiser that they’re being condoned by the government. Actually damn I think 🤔 the powers that be already chose the second option.
The drug wars been well and truly won for decades...
By drugs. Thanks illicit drugs for winning the war on illicit drugs 👌
Nah then will have a nation full of drug addicts society an law an order might as well not even exists then.
Re edit: This was documentary was nominated for an academy award.
The stories about these kids is heartbreaking.
They finish this off at 38:29 whoever edited this video probably had a future in film making. This was well done 😭🤩
The creepy angelic ambient music with the tragic scenes of the kids was truly chilling.
I was there in 87 and witnessed this, they would burn the house down.
You can still buy crack in Baltimore Maryland like it's the 1980's. In the glass viles and everything. Nickels and dimes. It's like stepping into a time machine going into West Baltimore. And it's 2022 nothing's changed in 35 years.
Bodymore Murder land has the real crack right now! ❄️🌍❄️
I don't believe it. No coke in the US will cook up. I'd believe meth
@@barbarafogle3541 I live in Annapolis MD and I'm 30 minutes from Baltimore & it's true! "Red tops, blue tops, yellow tops! Coke & dope! Raw or 'scramble'!" Everyday! 👊😶✌️👁️💕🎵🍷🍄🍬
@@barbarafogle3541 oh it's you again. Ummm don't know where you at but we grinding right cheer! ❄️🌍❄️🔫😎💰❄️
@@johnstallings4049 shots got to be from Europe thru Canada. Down south we don't even see tricks walking the beat anymore. They are more like the flash. Moving so fast if you blink there gone.
Guess smoking crack was like the Tik Tok crate challenge of the 80s 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️😂 they knew it was a bad idea but had to try it anyway
They focus on the addicts as criminals but not the addiction as an illness and it drove me up the wall the whole time...
Because they are criminals lol
Stop enabling drug abuse by calling it an illness. It's disrespectful to people with real illnesses like cancer. They willfully took money purchased ceack and smoked it....it's completely voluntary behavior. Cancer isn't
They piss me off when they say the government should treat drug dealers as terrorists when the government the one bringing it and allowing it to get over here
South FL in the 80s was just nuts. Especially in that part of West Palm Beach. These neighborhoods have since been gentrified.
Which parts are they now ? U know where grace street was that they were night filming ?
That undercover robbery was so raw.
ikr jesus
Speaking of ‘Raw’… that took place in Riviera Beach, its nickname is The Raw, because of how hood it is.
"Give up that money h*e!"
A former captain in the West Palm Beach Police Department was indicted by ... Timothy Wagman, 42, was a 19-year veteran of the police force. This was back in 1993.
15:52 imagine how discouraged this cop would have been if he found out what Mr. Regan really did and how crack really arrived.
Free way ricky ross to support a fight regan forced on our tax payers
Was at a NA meeting and crack was the topic I said I’ve seen a lot of women lay on their back for this stuff and this big old bull lesbian jumps up and says “ I’ve seen a lot of guys drop to their knees too !
I didn't purchase any COCAINE !
Lol 😂
This is the most 80’s video I have ever seen
Crack heads use to have the best deals on stolen electronics Dammm I miss the 80’s and 90’s...
Right! These meth heads & pill poppers are lazy as fuck 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Funniest little comment thread yall got going!😅😁😁
food,liquor,clothes ,household products,any and everything I used to buy all that shit from them it was like I had my own lil pawn shop sometime lol, so sad smh
David Lopez Ong
Katrina Barber onm back in 2010 crackheads had computers tvs flips all that especially the phones with hella minutes
"IT'S LIKE COOKIE'S IN A STORE YOU CAN GETTING ANYWHERE" 😭
Saw this in the early 90s as a kid. Kept me away from the pipe for sure!
When was this aired
@@hectorsalamanca2961 I saw it mid 90s when I was in high school
I remember watching it. Unfortunately it didn’t stop me
it doesn't say when this was made but the hair alone lets you know it's from the 80's.
And the music...
1989
Wanna see a magic trick?
See the Crack?
Now its Gone!
Ta Da!
They robbed the cops trying to bust them for selling!! Now that’s fucking epic!!
This is old footage but still very heartbreaking, drugs are way worse today.
It's a high that doesn't want to stop thats what's bad .you completely change your mind and senses demolish .you can't lead a normal habit .instead of this a good old fashioned marijuana joint is much healthier .the best is to know how precious life is your health your well-being .and not let a habit control you .
THANKZ TO THE GOVERNMENT THEY DID THIS TO US😤😤😤😤
And now drugs are legal in Seattle and Portland Oregon?
I can't lie the robbery at 19:43 was kind of funny. Thank God nobody got hurt.
My guy steven didn't give a damn about nothing, his parents went and got him from jail and soon as his mama went to sleep he was out on the prowl!!! I wonder where Steven is at today?
Those older white parents seemed decent paying $11000 for rehab some parents would give up !
@Steve G thanks for that link ...the parents seemed decent but I guess no matter how much help they gave it was up to the son to either take the right fork in The road
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Obviously decades after the documentary he took the wrong path .
Use this Time Machine, U get to Witness how it went down in the 80's
7:26 Reminds me of when Jake was high off that wet in training day...lol
Yea back then it was real dope one hit u hooked
This film never truly addressed why people started doing crack in the first place. What makes a person take their FIRST hit? The drug dealers aren't forcing anyone to use their product; people are going to them to start trying it. Something is pushing people into doing the drugs. Also, even if people don't buy drugs from a dealer, people can mix common household products together to make their own drugs. We need to figure out what makes people want to get high in the first place.
Depression, anxiety, emotional trauma, physical pain, social isolation and intellectual detachment, and can’t deny that a good bit of it is just because it feels good/is fun
Lot of brothers been to the joint behind 10 buck deals but I also know alot of mills made from 10 buck deals
Lmaooo Steven was wildin
Google his name Steven Powell in Florida and look at his most recent mug shot
When he said. It used to be poor people. Now it’s girls from well to do white middle class families. I died😂😂😂
i was just about to post this exact comment, the subconscious bias is real
Hmm. Wondering if them addicts dead or alive?🤔🤔🤔
Addicts never die from crack i think it preserves life lmao
50/50
ALOT GOT THEIR LIVES TOGETHER RUNNING COMPANIES U WORK FOR
Steven Powell is in Florida prison,go to Florida prison search and he’s there 🤷♂️
They all still alive an doing ok except Steven I can't find sherry Whitehouse though
Everybody was rocking the filthy mullet
I can't imagine how much money the pigs pocket from drug bust
I would like to congratulate drugs. For winning the war on drugs.
IF I COME BACK OUT HERE, AND SEE YOU! YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL!! LOL
But not for selling cocaine! Lol
i love this olds reports on the gangs with the kitch music style "miami vice" "lol"
Used to c doctors from Stanford come to East Palo Alto and cop hella rocks made the hood rich in the early 90s
The first time I ever drove a jaguar white guy who used to come buy from me in my hood traded it to me for a 50 piece in 1990 it was a 1990 xjs kept it for 2 days I was 15
I'm an ex addict I wasted 20years ov My Life so we did lose a generation an its sad I feel for theys addicts who are still suffering they always go after The addicts instead of the dealers it's not right 👍👍
These parents are hilarious. 'We didn't raise them this way.' Whatever you need to tell yourself.
I mean they did & they didn't. They probably warned them to stay away from drugs but kids know their parents are wrong sometimes & they realize that some drugs don't seem all that bad so maybe the "hard" ones also aren't so hard? I think parents should say "I don't know. Perhaps we could look into getting those answers together," more often so their kids don't grow up thinking their parents are stupid or full of shit. Also, they should stop lying in order to protect the kids because everything you say then becomes suspect & no one ever thinks liars have good intentions in the first place.
You born a addict it’s something with your brain wiring once you get turned on to something it’s over with.
Sad how the government never seems to care about the people suffering. They care more about arresting as many drug dealers as possible, but forget about the people on drugs. That's why this hasn't ended. The demand is still there even after the dealer is gone. But the opposite isn't true, the supplier doesn't stay when there is no more demand.
24:00 White Girl: I Took One Hit And Called My Job & Told Them I Quite 😂 Gott Damn Now I See Why My Dad, Aunt, Uncle's And Half My Family Was Hooked On This Shyt 😬 Still Are 😣 My Aunt Was Shot & Killed Out On Them Streets. From D.C to Riverside California
Umm what’s the point of arresting the addict who’s buying 20$ of crack? Y didn’t they go after the big fish 🐠 oh that’s rite the government is the big fish 🐠 😂
Lol what a waste to money and time this was in the 80s and nothing has changed if anything it’s getting worse
Drugs and prostitution are illegal most places because most governments haven't figured out how to tax them adequately to profit from both of them. Period.
Lots of examples of places that stopped giving a shit about it, and usage rates and abuse have gone down.
Drugs are illegal because, if you watch the video, you'll see they devastate communities and by extention the economy.
Look at how irresponsible people are with drink, and people want to unleash and legalise drugs? And alcohol isn't as addictive.
Drugs are made to annihilate societies and its working.
why weren't they going after the dealers
That was tactics..the buyers did get time, the were busted to flip on the dealers
It's a job they wanna get paid and go home
The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup
So sad for the parents!
Coming off of crack is not even in the same Stratosphere of coming off of heroin
I remember these times , East Palo Alto, CA was a huge crack town back then
I remember this doc when it came out. When that young kid got out of jail and his father said he could do it, you could see in his eyes that all he wanted was a hit.