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Cocaine Wars
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It takes 500 grams of powder cocaine to receive the same sentence that is meted out for possession of only five grams of crack cocaine. Yet five grams of crack is a user's dose, while 500 grams of ...
It takes 500 grams of powder cocaine to receive the same sentence that is meted out for possession of only five grams of crack cocaine. Yet five grams of crack is a user's dose, while 500 grams of cocaine is a dealer's supply. Why a 100-to-1 disparity? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Don Dahler explore how the panic inspired by crack cocaine in the 1980s has left a legacy of crowded jails with overwhelmingly African-American populations. Twenty years after crack was declared a menace to society, should lawmakers and courts reassess the penalties for this drug?
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- Creator
- ABC News Productions
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2002
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (22 min.) : sd., col
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- data file
- OCLC
- ocn754647194
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
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