NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to author Donovan X. Ramsey about his new book, "When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era." It tells the story of the crack cocaine epidemic. One of ...

"I got complacent. Everything was going so well in my life," the 42-year-old said this week. But the spiral of crack addiction led to divorce and him ultimately robbing a bank and a pharmacy. On ...

DELRAY BEACH — If only the train would come now, Desmond Meade said he remembered thinking as he stood on railroad tracks in Miami 19 years ago. The train would mangle his body, snuff out his life.

The Federal Commission for Addiction and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases is planning the establishment of dedicated squads to visit individuals addicted to crack and offer them medical and ...

The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s was met with demonization, mass incarceration and dehumanization of Black crack addicts. The opioid epidemic of today is being met with empathy, understanding ...

A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl-laced heroin and crack cocaine to undercover officers on Long Island, prosecutors said Monday. Devon Brown, 35, agreed to meet ...

The subject of addiction swirls with myths and misinformation. It doesn’t help that so many people seem to believe that their own struggle with addiction — or a few drop-ins to Alcoholics Anonymous ...

The research into the development of Calixcoca received funding from the Ministry of Justice - National Drug Policy Secretariat; the Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (Fapemig); the ...

Eddie Pepperell compared returning to his old swing coach to a crack addiction, and is reaping the benefits with a 4-under 68 Friday at Bay Hill. ORLANDO, Fla. – Eddie Pepperell has less of a filter ...