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High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell

Aug 08, 1995 | IMDB 6.7

60 min Watch Now

Documentary

Documents 18 months in the lives of three crack addicts in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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Dick Eklund, Jon Alpert, Mickey O'Keefe, Brenda, Gary "Boo Boo" Giuffrida

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