Crack, crack, crack, they came one after the other.

Then along comes crack cocaine.

Because crack cocaine was an unbelievable innovation.

So what was it about crack cocaine?

Now I can't even find a crack.

Sami wanted to buy crack.

Like it's been laced with weed, crack, ecstasy, morphine, and the antidote.

This is about 1990 peak of the crack epidemic.

So let me start by talking about crack cocaine, and how it transformed the gang.

This is about 1990, peak of the crack epidemic.

He'll crack a crib in Scotland one week, and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next.

And in the words of Malcolm Gladwell, crack cocaine was the extra chunky version of tomato sauce for the inner city.

Today things are ugly, there are lots of prostitutes smoking crack and this gives us a bad rap.

Drug abuse trends in the region indicate that cocaine, coca paste and crack cocaine abuse is increasing.

First, I want to explain how and why crack cocaine had such a profound influence on inner city gangs.

And it turned out, there was this audience that didn't know it wanted crack cocaine, but, when it came, it really did.

And one of the sad parts of this is that indeed, among the many other ramifications of crack cocaine is that the most talented individuals in these communities this is what they were striving for.

Remember that part of the speech earlier when I talked about people being hooked on cheese like it was laced with weed, Crack and Morphine?

And it turned out there was this audience that didn't know it wanted crack cocaine, but when it came, it really did.

And one of the sad parts of this is that, indeed, among the many other ramifications of crack cocaine is that the most talented individuals in these communities this is what they were striving for.

In my own country, there is a particular concern about the spread, particularly in urban areas, of the cocaine derivative known as crack.

To give you a sense of just how bad the inner city was during crack and I'm not really focusing on the negatives, but really, there's another story to tell you there if you look at the death rates just of random, young black males growing up in the inner city in the United States, the death rates during crack were about one percent.

They're malleable.

Oh, it's the princess!

It's a really great tension between the personalities and you really buy into it.

It's my life, it's mine!

It is Mother. She is desperate.

It's the upset. It's the suddenness.

It's good. It's good. It's good.

Why, she recognizes you. She's up. She's down.

According to the age old belief of Malayalees, an auspicious kani at dawn on the Vishu day is lucky for the entire year.

It's her. Yes, it's the princess.

It, it, it was jealousy.

It isn't the heat, it's the humidity...

The same. That's the one, huh? It's funny.

Look, it's on fire! It burns.

It's a story. A story I'm making up.

She's packing. She's going to walk out on me.

They're collaborative, they're branded, they're multinational, and they're highly disciplined.

And to do that, you have to actually go back to a time before crack cocaine, in the early '80s, and look at it from the perspective of a gang leader.

To do that, you have to actually go back to a time before crack cocaine, in the early '80s, and look at it from the perspective of a gang leader.

It's got germ.

Aye, she thinks she would.

Rosie Venger, an amazing woman.

It's a scraper bike it's called from Oakland.