Is it a coincidence that the U.S. experienced a “crack epidemic” at the same time as the Contra situation?

Published June 25, 2010

Question by Water Over Gold: Is it a coincidence that the U.S. experienced a “crack epidemic” at the same time as the Contra situation?
CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_and_Contra%27s_cocaine_trafficking_in_the_US

“The involvement of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in cocaine trafficking in Central America during the Reagan Administration as part of the Contra war in Nicaragua has been the subject of several official and journalistic investigations since the mid-1980s.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_epidemic

The crack epidemic refers to the surge of crack houses and crack cocaine use in major cities in the United States between 1984 and 1990. Fallout from the crack epidemic included a huge surge in addiction, homelessness, murder, theft, robbery, and long-term imprisonment. The first effects of the epidemic started in the early 1980s, but the DEA officially classifies the time of the epidemic starting in 1984 and ending in 1990, in what can be considered to be the height of the epidemic.

The epidemic affected all major American cities. Among the cities most severely impacted were Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Baltimore, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Miami and Oakland. According to New York Senator Charles Schumer, “Twenty years ago, crack was headed east across the United States like a Mack truck out of control, and it slammed New York hard because we just didn’t see the warning signs.”
wes………..thank you much!!

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Answer by Wes
No it’s not and I have a link you may be very interested in.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070101024651/http://www.the-catbird-seat.net/

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