Crack Doctors
Major Mary Maniscalco -Theberge is a surgeon in the US Army. To gain experience of treating gunshot wounds she's been posted to a city with the highest murder rate in the USA - Washington DC. America's capital is a battleground for competing drug dealers. The cause of the escalating violence is the new drug crack. Mary has been assigned to a special trauma centre for the seriously injured. It was set up by an Englishman, Dr Howard Champion. Out on the streets federal agents raid crack houses. And a crack dealer shot five times gives an insider's view of Washington's violence.
Photography BOYD ESTUS
Sound recordist PAUL RUSNAK
Film editor JIM DUFFY
Producer STEPHEN LAMBERT
40 Minutes editor CAROLINE PICK
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