Why have they never gone into “crack” awareness like they are doing for meth?

Question by Justine Denial: Why have they never gone into “crack” awareness like they are doing for meth?
They have commercials and government sponsored websites based on the meth “epidemic”. So, why did they never do this when there was a crack epidemic? They just let crack ruin communities while not focusing on the prevention of not letting crack get into certain communities in the first place.

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Answer by Tanya
b/c meth is the new big thing
im sure they had plenty of crack PSAs in the 80s

Answer by Resistance
They used to talk about crack all the time. Meth is worse, because any one can cook the garbage up.

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