Cocaine Blues: The Myth and Reality of Cocaine

Duration: 30 min.

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1983

Creator: Pyramid

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explores the history, effects and cultural impact of cocaine use. Revealing encounters with users, dealers, and narcotics officers, and interviews with medical and legal experts., Features encounters with various people involved in the trafficking or use of cocaine, including underworld figures, convicted dealers, undercover narcotics officers, and leading medical and legal experts. Includes footage of actual cocaine transactions, coverage of Coast Guard shootouts on the high seas and an actual cocaine arrest by the the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.

Complete Record: , Features encounters with various people involved in the trafficking or use of cocaine, including underworld figures, convicted dealers, undercover narcotics officers, and leading medical and legal experts. Includes footage of actual cocaine transactions, coverage of Coast Guard shootouts on the high seas and an actual cocaine arrest by the the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.