February 20th, 1995. Geraldo Rivera’s namesake talk show explores the phenomenon of crank as we meet a wide span of the users and abusers you would expect.
“It’s a spiral downward…I mean, along the way you learn as the body is ravaged the spirit grows stronger…”
We meet Pablo, Cleo, both proud users. The others on stage indicate varying degrees shame; a tweak dealer, a rehabilitated user clean for five years, two young sisters — one of whom was shot by her father. We learn about dumpster diving and how being a drug addict gets you surrounded with thievery.
It was estimated in 2022 that 2.6 million Americans had tried Methamphetamine and 1.8 million qualified as having a disorder.
This day, Geraldo’s television history