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100:1 The Crack Legacy
- By: Audible Originals, Christopher Johnson
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Oct 26 201723 mins
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Oct 26 201728 mins
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Oct 26 201724 mins
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- Simon
- 09-08-18
An Uncomfortable Mirror to Gaze Into!
Drug dealing is something I feel strongly about, the damage drugs are doing to our society and the way that they are ruining lives is something I have always believed can't be under-estimated. So along comes Christopher Johnson with a powerful series that asks us to see another side, another dreadful legacy of the war on drugs.
For me he makes a compelling case, indeed an interesting case and I found all of the people whose testimony he used to be credible and engaging. His interviewees all have relevant stories to tell and Johnson himself presents very well. It is however persuasive rather than what I would term investigative journalism. As good as the case he makes is, and we hear from everyone from drug dealers to lawyers and even a judge, it is a series designed to make a point rather than examine something from all angles.
As such single witness testimonies are presented to describe events. There is no attempt to present the other side and I felt quite strongly that the impact of crack cocaine usage was played down. Statistics were presented in a very ones-sided manner and none of the witnesses are ever challenged about their views or facts. Don't get me wrong I can fully understand this given the weight of biased propaganda that has existed about the war on drugs for a long time now! And Johnson makes a very eloquent and compelling case about real injustices that have also occurred and how modern politics and serious institutional failings have largely made things worse.
In summary while I'm worried about the way that the consequences of crack usage are largely downplayed Johnson has opened my eyes to this equally damaging and important legacy so I'm very glad that I listened to his series. No matter how strongly we feel about drugs society has to remain humane and balanced in its responses. This series holds up an uncomfortable mirror to how well this has been achieved, and I always think that looking in such mirrors has to be a good thing.
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- Wayne O'Brien
- 14-03-19
Falls victim to apparent cherry picking of facts
Well narrated but subject matter is hijacked by a forced and unnecessary racial agenda. Statistics are presented when they suit the narrative but often glaringly omitted when they might not.
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- Alastair Kenmuir
- 29-01-20
Biased
Embarrassingly one sided. “ Anti drug laws disproportionately target black people” just one example of the strange statements presented as fact with no explanation. Surely anti drug laws disproportionately target drug users? A disappointing presentation of a disturbing subject. Could have been so much better with a bit of balanced, reasoned argument.
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- Toby
- 22-08-19
very thought provoking police in the USA are nuts
each time I've gone to the USA I am more worried about the police than anyone else and I'm British!
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- M. Goldsmith
- 01-05-20
Interesting.
For someone working in substance misuse, this is a harrowing insight to why individualisation is key to rehabilitation. For someone with no background in the field, it's key to understanding why punishment will never be a cure.
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- j
- 19-07-19
Insightful and thoughtful
Good information and well put together. It was great to know about various different sides to this issue and how it's journey has come to today's outcome.
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- Irish Guy
- 09-06-20
Great series. Sadly, timeless...
Going by yet more recent events, it seems as though not a whole lot has changed... :(
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- Miss S.
- 30-03-20
Interesting
Interesting to hear the different sides to the "war on drugs". Pretty sad story all round and good to get background stories.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-03-19
good bookBLACKPEOPLE still being killed for nothin
as I tried to say in my Review Black People are still bring killed for nothing,,,the only reason they are BLACK and American cops are still getting away with it,xxx
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- NNTJa
- 11-03-20
Eye-opening
This has changed my view of crime, drugs and my approach to my career. I couldn't stop listening and finished in less than a day!
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