Crack cocaine and the whole cia contra thing was Reagan i think
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PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Wait didn’t the original quote say they criminalized cocaine to target black communities? That’s why Reagan was having the stuff pushed into black neighborhoods right?
JimmyChanga@lemmy.world 6 months ago
DrBob@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Because cocaine was not a widely distributed drug in the 60s. It was another 15 years before it was being moved in significant volume.
Bonehead@kbin.social 6 months ago
Because at the time, they weren't focused on cocaine since it was a rich person's drug. Reagan and the CIA creating the crack epidemic came after Nixon.