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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Behind the Bastards did an early episode on it, I think the takeaway was that there isn't some memo where Reagan cackles while saying he's going to do it for these reasons, but there sure were a lot of CIA programs that actively encouraged cocaine and heroin being imported into the US while the drug war revved up simultaneously and AIDs got ignored, so one can certainly see how it sure looks like there was a massive government conspiracy to destroy black communities.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I haven't heard that one, but they did like a crossover a year or two back with the Hood Politics podcast I believe that was a multi episode deep dive into the topic. Given how few details I apparently remember, probably worth a re-listen for me too, but you oughta give it a whirl!