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The crack epidemic was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the United States throughout the entirety of the 1980s and the early 1990s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This resulted in a number of social consequences, such as increasing crime and violence in American inner city neighborhoods, a resulting backlash in the form of tough on crime ...
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy is a 2021 American documentary film made for Netflix and directed by Stanley Nelson. [1] Its story focuses on the emergence and effects of the 1980s crack epidemic in the United States, which resulted in negative effects on America's inner cities. [2] [3] The film was released on January 11, 2021.
The name "crack" first appeared in the New York Times on November 17, 1985. Within a year more than a thousand press stories had been released about the drug. In the early 1980s, the majority of cocaine being shipped to the United States was landing in Miami, and originated in Colombia, trafficked through the Bahamas and Dominican Republic. [18]
America responded to the 1980s crack epidemic with police and prisons instead of public health. Now look where we are. Editorial: The 1980s crack epidemic was a fork in the road.
Panelists at the Drug Abuse Foundation of Palm Beach County discussed how race altered the nation's responses to the crack cocaine and opioid epidemics.
Donovan X. Ramsey discusses his book, 'When Crack Was King' — the story of the crack epidemic through four survivors — and draws lessons for the opioid epidemic.
When Crack Was King was also honored on a number of best-of lists in 2023, including The Washington Post's "50 notable works of nonfiction," [12] Audible's "The 12 best history listens of 2023," [13] Time's "100 Must-Read Books of 2023," [14] and Publishers Weekly's "Best Nonfiction of 2023."
The American crack epidemic was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the United States between 1984 and the early 1990s. In the early 1980s, the majority of cocaine being shipped to the United States, landing in Miami, was coming through the Bahamas and Dominican Republic. Soon there was a huge glut of cocaine powder in these ...