PALM BEACH GARDENS — Since the May 24 premiere of her show “Crack Addicts” on the cable TV channel TLC, Dr. Alessandra Colón, chiropractic physician at Papa Chiropractic in Palm Beach Gardens, has ...

Since it went on sale in January, "Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a crack addict who broke free," has sold nearly a 1,000 copies. Rory Londer and Sweta Patel. Londer was a drug addict for 17 years, ...

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 ...

On Sept. 5, 1989, President George H.W. Bush appeared on live television to discuss what he called the nation's "gravest domestic threat." Sitting at his desk in the oval office, Bush held up a bag of ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Crack had a massive impact on the Black community in the 1980s. It would ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Eddie Pepperell has less of a filter than a 10-year air conditioning unit. But that’s why the 28-year-old, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs just 160 pounds, has tipped the scales on ...

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 ...

The most sober a crack addict ever sounds is when he’s talking about the science of, well, crack. Amid three hours of screaming about George Clooney, the illegal immigrants responsible for cleaning ...

A crack cocaine addict who told two nurses carrying out a mental health assessment he was going to kill them has been jailed ...

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