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Cocaine had been around for at least a century (remember Sherlock Holmes' "7% solution"). But for various reasons, the price dropped in the 1980s, which led to a large expansion in use. There are also social reasons why use expanded. The 1970s saw the hollowing out of American heavy industry and a general flight from inner cities. In the 80s, the (poor, mostly black) people who were left bought a lot of cocaine, especially in the form of crack. And so you had: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic_(United_States) This also probably helps you understand what all those rap songs are about that talk about "snow," in case you give a shit (you shuoldn't.) Back in those days, crack was the big drug on the streets. (Nowadays it would probably be meth.)
Some journalists argued that the CIA had contributed to the problem by funding the Contras, who engaged in a little trafficing from time to time. The truth of this is disputed, but what isn't disputed is that the 80s were the decade of greed is good, hair metal, and morning in america again. And if that doesn't make you want to use crack, I don't know what would.
Things got so bad we even had to whip out Pee Wee Herman to tell kids not to do crack (this was before he himself "whipped it out" in a public theater and ended his career.) |
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Man of Steel by fabio 05/27/2014, 8:30pm PDT 
Re: Man of Steel by MMysterio 05/27/2014, 9:30pm PDT
so are comic books secretly well written and I just never knew? NT by the truth 05/31/2014, 8:41am PDT
I think the thing is by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/31/2014, 12:02pm PDT
TV is not a better medium than film by Vested Id 05/31/2014, 1:40pm PDT
I think TV just is better recently than film. by blackwater 05/31/2014, 3:48pm PDT
Those movies aren't for man-children, they're for children-children. NT by They're based on childrens' books. 05/31/2014, 4:49pm PDT
Nice try, but I was talking about ALL the 2013 / recent movies by not just The Hobbit and Hunger Game 05/31/2014, 9:18pm PDT
TV is great these days, but you're comparing great TV to shit movies. by Asshole 06/01/2014, 11:34am PDT
You compare arbitrary examples from different mediums to prove a self serving NT by point? Shocker. --Retro 06/01/2014, 12:55pm PDT
I'm comparing mainstream TV to mainstream movies. by blackwater 06/03/2014, 11:13pm PDT
Re: I'm comparing mainstream TV to mainstream movies. by Asshole 06/04/2014, 9:04pm PDT
Re: I'm comparing mainstream TV to mainstream movies. by blackwater 07/02/2014, 12:03am PDT
All 3 of those are on Netflix instant! by fabio 07/02/2014, 9:12am PDT
They didn't have cocaine in the 70s?!! NT by MM 06/01/2014, 1:11pm PDT
the 1980s was the decade of crack, and cocaine in general by blackwater 06/03/2014, 11:36pm PDT
Oh yeah, this guy isn't a narc at all 8) by Jerry Whorebach 06/04/2014, 6:49pm PDT
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