Scenes from Miami's Drug War, 1972-1986

Pot busts. Heroin busts. Cocaine busts. Crack house busts. This explosive selection of TV news stories traces Miami's Drug Wars from the early 1970s to the crack cocaine epidemic of the mid-1980s.

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This clip is derived from news video in the WTVJ Collection. Various accession numbers; various airdates. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO AS A SCREENER TO SOURCE CLIPS FROM. PLEASE REFER TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (copy and paste each link into your browser to download the screener):

TVN1494-5534-04; 01-05-1972 (record-setting drug raid): http://streaming.mdc.edu/streaming/TVN1494-5534-04.MP4

086-29; 10-09-1977 (al sunshine - marijuana smuggling)
http://streaming.mdc.edu/streaming/086.MP4

MON0050 - Montage 11/19/1977 (drug smuggling story)
http://streaming.mdc.edu/streaming/MON0050.MP4

187-17, 187-18 & 187-31; 07-11-1979 (Dadeland shootout)
http://streaming.mdc.edu/streaming/187.MP4

663-07; 12/9/1983 (Michael Putney reviews Scarface)
http://streaming.mdc.edu/streaming/663.MP4

X262; 06-1985; (penthouse cocaine lab)
X262; 06-1985 (cocaine lab in your building)
http://streaming.mdc.edu/streaming/X262.MP4

B00116-[10] - 05-1986; (Katie Couric - crack house raid)
http://streaming.mdc.edu/streaming/B00116.MP4

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