1980s. In this stock footage a drug user is asked why he’s getting high.
“Now the reason why I’m sitting down here is because I want to go on record, as being one of the few black cats that has almost every f**ing thing you could want…”
The man goes on as to the appeal of the drug, eventually blaming poverty for drug use. He accurately points out the drug users in the house are telling ‘dying tales’.
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