![]() ![]() A new Netflix documentary, Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy, examines how the drug devastated black and Latino communities in the 1980s.Drug money was allegedly channeled to the Contras In the 1980s, the CIA supported the Contras to overthrow the socialist Sandinistas in Nicaragua.A 1996 San Jose Mercury News investigation alleged that the CIA was tied to LA gangs that were selling crack cocaine.Ross, Pegues and Styles are featured in a new documentary Corey Pegues and Samson Styles also were making money selling crack in New York City.Federal prosecutors said Ross raked in about $300 million - over $900 million in today's money - in profits from his dealing from 1982 to 1989, per the article.'Freeway' Ricky Ross built a drug-dealing empire that extended from LA to over 40 cities nationwide during the 1980s, according to a 2013 Esquire profile.In the 1980s its use exploded across the United States In the 1970s, people started using crack, which is cheaper than cocaine and highly addictive.'I was in it for the money, jewelry and girls': Unrepentant crack barons boast how they raked in millions during the 1980s 'gold rush' in new doc exposing the CIA's alleged role in America's drug empires ![]()
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