Cocaine, HOOKED: ILLEGAL DRUGS ep.3

History Channel, HOOKED: ILLEGAL DRUGS AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY
HOOKED explores the world of illegal drugs, meeting with pharmacologists and scientists to learn exactly what effect they have on us and exploring the social and legislative changes that have transformed (and, some would argue, created) the drug culture of the 20th century. Outspoken advocates on both sides of the "war on drugs" illuminate this polarizing issue, and fascinating accounts and artifacts illustrate the role of drugs throughout history.
Cocaine, HOOKED: ILLEGAL DRUGS ep.3
Derived from South America's coca leaf, cocaine was touted as a cure-all in the late 19th century and was the secret ingredient in many medicines and elixirs such as Coca-Cola. But cocaine's allure quickly diminished as racism entered the picture--the concept of the "cocaine-crazed Negro" even led police to strengthen the caliber of their guns from .32 to .38. We'll see how, though it was outlawed in 1914, its popularity soared in the 1980s and '90s and gave birth to a deadlier form--crack.

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[Whiterhin018]

As much as I love these documentaries, they are incredibly biased and only highlight the aspect of addiction as if these substances, all of which are physically less harmfull than alcohol according to many studies, are impossible to use in moderation given proper education (not DARE) on their dangers.

[Whiterhin018]

vin mariani is not cocaine in alcohol its COCA, cocaine and all its other balancing alkaloids, infused alcohol.

[TheNejiNarcotic]

Wow... Discovering cocain was a fraud as a medecin, Freud was worried of being dishonored, he moved and drops useing cocain to never use it again. Yes, it sounds -so- addictive... Maybe my understanding of this word is diffrent from science people's understanding. By their standards food and candy is addictive. xD

[TheNejiNarcotic]

Haven't seen the thing finished yet, but I find it a bit strange that if the drug is so addictive, why can't they ever find a single addict? Someone who actually got broke over it or the like? Some signs of addiction that's stronger than the addiction to chocolath. >>

[TheNejiNarcotic]

Cuz humans are assholes. It's considered unmoralistic to pay hobos to test it cuz it's unetical, so they totrure innocent animals who don't know what's going on, just so they can get test-results that are highly untrustworthy, so they can prove their own theory. Wheither it's true or not. Seeing as monkeys don't have the human's understanding of things, of course it's gonna choose the drug since it uses the animal reward system and makes it rewarded from here to hell.

[pepkid]

WHy the fuck do they Test it on monkeys :/

it's horrible