Episode
Drugs, Inc.: Hip Hop High
Overview
The relationship between the million-dollar hip-hop industry and the billion-dollar drug industry; rappers in Calif. use drug money to pay for their studio time.
Details
- Series
- Drugs, Inc.
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2015-09-23
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Hip Hop High is Episode 2 in Season 7 of Drugs, Inc.. It aired on 2015-09-23. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 1: The Real Wolves of Wall Street
The culture of cocaine is deeply entrenched on Wall Street and some will pay more than its worth for the purest quality available. It’s a buyer’s market and dealers must compete to deliver first and close the sale, while keeping up with the changing Wall Street appetite. A new generation of brokers and traders are turning to a drug that keeps them performing at work. And police are coming down on a drug that they regard as Wall Street’s dirty little secret — which is quickly turning into an epidemic.
Episode 3: X-Rated High
Delving into the Los Angeles porn industry, where a reputation for illegal drugs is under more scrutiny than ever after a number of HIV scares are changing the toleration of narcotics on set.
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Episode 5: Jailhouse Junkies
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Episode 6: Big Apple Coke
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Episode 7: Detroit Halloween
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Episode 8: Pittsburgh Smack
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Episode 9: The Living Dead
The side effects of drug use can be disastrous, but the people living in the world of the living dead fight an epic battle.
Episode 10: Silicon Valley High
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Episode 11: Grim Reaper
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Episode 12: Heroin Island, NYC
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Episode 13: Holi-Daze
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