Crack: "Rock" Cocaine and 20th Century Capitalism

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[@adamwatson6916]

What is truly mind blowing is that selling crack or possessing crack is punished far more harshly then powder coke when its the same substance. It's like getting a lighter sentence becuase you only snorted heroin and a stiffer sentence for shooting it . Or giving harsher sentences for selling hash rather then selling weed .

[@TheIaluma]

Read between the lines, it is about social class highrachy (class divide) or racial divide. The upper class can afford cocaine powder while the lower class can only afford rock form of cocaine (crack which is a mixture of cooked baking soda and powder cocaine ). In terms of punishment, the higher class are punished less as compared to the poor

[@Juwanhiddengems]

Bc they know predominately black people desire it and yeah I don’t get Ts either bc they all getting high off Ts and have drugs in they possession only thing I can contrast is how they consume the shit in they body

[@blessedrain2630]

@@Juwanhiddengems it's about tricking you off into the prison system . The prisons get cheap labor and contract outro corps it's modern day slavery under the 13th amendment

[@Juwanhiddengems]

@@blessedrain2630 I’m woke just like you bruh I’m aware what be going on

[@Peacekeepa317]

Is it a punishment for the poor or a punishment for bloodsuckers of the poor who put their pockets over the community?

[@brandonsimpson1617]

Where can I find this book. The discussion is intriguing

[@henryrutty9575]

it’s called “Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed” by David Farber

[@trafficjam.]

very helpful, thank u

[@danhoustin4621]

Here comes Hunter

[@Kid_Ikaris]

What a cool dude

[@shanescatsandcannabisfarm2965]

It isnt cheaper... Just sold in smaller units. Meaning cocaine may be $100 per gram.... But crack may be $10 for 0.1grams.... Same price but sold in smaller units.

[@PapaTrice360]

You must be fun at parties

[@shanescatsandcannabisfarm2965]

@@PapaTrice360 explain...

[@Enochulate88]

You must be a real funguy

[@shanescatsandcannabisfarm2965]

@@Enochulate88 explain

[@Enochulate88]

@@shanescatsandcannabisfarm2965 funguy = fungi

[@systemsadministrator9798]

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[@Enochulate88]

Please sir may I have sum more, crack.