The crack epidemic that ravaged the United States from the 1970s to 1990s was a dark chapter in American history, characterized by soaring addiction rates, urban decay, and devastating consequences ...

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.

As the Obama administration and the media increasingly promote the idea that prescription drug misuse is this generation’s crack epidemic, I want to take a few minutes to note how irresponsible and ...

The first drug crisis came in the Gilded Age of the late 19th century. In the unregulated, buyer-beware markets of that era, ...

In the late 1980s and early '90s, Washington, D.C., was a city under siege. As with other cities, it descended into near chaos because of the crack epidemic that claimed even innocent lives. Whole ...

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 ...

Ms. Interlandi, a member of the editorial board, has written extensively about the addiction crisis. It’s been two years since New York City became home to the nation’s first legally sanctioned ...

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 ...

Ranee Sanford ‘23 graduated from Santa Clara University with a major in political science and minor in economics. Sanford was a 2022-23 Government Ethics Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied ...

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 ...