At that time, there were huge surpluses of cocaine in our country. And the drug dealers figured out a way to market it very cheaply through a new form of cocaine called crack. And Throughout the 80s and 90s, we had the crack crisis in our country because of the availability. And then in 2000, we had the oxycodone crisis because suddenly opiate pills were available, partly because of the agency capture at FDA that Marty is now dismantling. (04:20–04:26)
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Asserts that the crack crisis in the U.S. during the 80s and 90s was due to drug availability.
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