I don't think that guy heard me fuming on the other side of the room, so next time he brings it up I'll ask if he knows who invented crack and why. Encourage him to look it up. "C'mon, it'll be funny".
its probably close to as old as refined cocaine, and according to wikipedia the UN had it listed as a harmful drug at least 6 years before it got spread by the feds in 81
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By 1885 the U.S. manufacturer Parke-Davis sold coca-leaf cigarettes and cheroots, a cocaine inhalant, a Coca Cordial, cocaine crystals, and cocaine solution for intravenous injection
heres a good thread on askhistorians with discussion, speculation, answers, sources.
theyre generally wishy washy because :shocked-pikachu: CIA secret operations dont leave a lot of concrete evidence, but its uncontrovertible the CIA aided smuggling of coke into the US (and already had a history of trafficking) the only questions are like, intent, and if the CIA got money from it--both of which are speculation questions
I don't think that guy heard me fuming on the other side of the room, so next time he brings it up I'll ask if he knows who invented crack and why. Encourage him to look it up. "C'mon, it'll be funny".
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its probably close to as old as refined cocaine, and according to wikipedia the UN had it listed as a harmful drug at least 6 years before it got spread by the feds in 81
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thats like, all the forms of coke right there
Thank for the info. How do I explain to someone the spread of 81?
heres a good thread on askhistorians with discussion, speculation, answers, sources.
theyre generally wishy washy because :shocked-pikachu: CIA secret operations dont leave a lot of concrete evidence, but its uncontrovertible the CIA aided smuggling of coke into the US (and already had a history of trafficking) the only questions are like, intent, and if the CIA got money from it--both of which are speculation questions
Thank you!
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