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 ...

"We won't heal until we make sense of the crack epidemic," Donovan X. Ramsey says. His book, When Crack Was King, examines the drug's destructive path through the Black community.

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.

But the spiral of crack addiction led to divorce and him ultimately robbing a bank and a pharmacy. On Thursday, Friedman was sentenced to 18 months in jail followed by five years of probation ...

ROME, AUG 28 - A row over a programme by Bologna's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) led council to distribute crack pipes to ...

The federal government needs to stop penalizing programs that help addicts safely consume their drugs while providing treatment.

Hunter Biden's ex-lovers will testify in Delaware about the troubled first son's crack addiction as he heads to trial for federal gun crimes on June 3, according to Monday court filings.

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 ...