1980s. A woman smoking crack answers whether she’s afraid of getting busted, raw footage

1980s. In this exclusive stock footage we meet a woman with crack pipe in hand, occasionally smoking.

“They take your pipe and they throw it up against the wall…when the police come into your home…it’s not about you basin’ in your home, it’s you basin’ in the hallway..”

The freebasing woman goes on to describe how she’s happy with her life, and when she gets tired of it she’ll just leave it alone. The other crack users in the room are briefly shown.

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