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Ricky Ross was a central figure in the "Dark Alliance" series published in the San Jose Mercury News. According to the series, he not only was the trafficker who put Blandon's drugs on the street, he was the source of the crack epidemic in South Central Los Angeles, indeed, the entire United States.
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Ricky Ross was a central figure in the Mercury News articles. The articles suggested that, because of drugs supplied to Ross by Blandon, Ross was the source of the crack epidemic in Los Angeles and perhaps throughout the country. ... These factors were more responsible than anything else for the rise of crack cocaine,
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Ross revolutionized the wholesale cocaine trade in the early 1980s in South Los Angeles by mass producing crack cocaine through his Central American connections, and he took his operations to other cities in the United States. ... Home > Movies > Ricky Ross...
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Rayful Edmond, III may have introduced crack cocaine to the East Coast (Washington, D.C.) but ‘Freeway’ Ricky Ross has the distinction of introducing crack to the West Coast (Los Angeles).
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When methods for turning cocaine into crack became known in 1983, Ross already had a drug-dealing network in place. ... Although he figured in 45 separate federal investigations, he openly supplied Ricky Ross's crack empire from his home in the Bay area, and was never touched by the law. He has since moved back to Nicaragua.
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First aired in December 2006, the series' second episode dopes out cocaine dealer "Freeway" Ricky Ross, who in the 1980s, explains narrator Ving Rhames, "helped make L.A. America's crack capital."
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FREEWAY RICKY ROSS- THE CRACK MASTER; Rick Ross. Not the fat bastard down But after the Coke flood, with prices cheap, Ross and the gangs could expand their profits promoting the higher potency crack. Crack was perfect. Crack was simply a cut version of cocaine with a potency equal or greater than the powdered shit.
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The CIA and Crack Cocaine ... Crack Marketing, Racism, and Freeway Ricky Ross ... Freeway Ricky Ross: Crack vs. Meth...
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Former Drug Kingpin, Ricky Ross, Returns To Society A Better Man ... This is Deeper Than Rap: Freeway Ricky Ross to be Released from Prison on 5/4 ... Rick Ross, CIA Linked Cocaine Dealer, Will Be Released | NewsOne, on May 1st, 2009 at 7:43 am Said:
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