Ep. 19 - CIA, Contra, and the Crack Epidemic

from Cryptic Accounts · host Patrick Ryan

This week on Cryptic Accounts, CIA, Contra, and the crack epidemic of the 1980's. From a simple plan by the CIA to fuel an uprising to overthrow the Nicaraguan government by selling cocaine in Los Angeles leading to fueling the crack epidemic that spread across the country. And as usual with our government, they admitted they may have had some wrongdoings but they've put all that in the past...

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