Period during the 1980s in which Ronald Reagan started the War on Drugs which ultimately made obtaining drugs as easy as obtaining groceries. This led to thousands of Americans becoming addicted to crack cocaine, resulting in women giving birth to crack babies. The real victims of this era were the babies who were born addicted to crack.
James: That would be tough to grow up in the Ronald Reagan Era, especially if your parent was an addict.
The American population of homeless, largely comprised of the mentally ill, displaced upon President Reagan's disbanding of state-run mental health institutions.
It's a nice neighborhood if you don't mind being overrun by Reagan's Army on your way to your car.