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 ...

Rayful Edmond III, a drug lord best known for catalyzing a crack cocaine epidemic in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s, has died. He was 60. According to The New York Times, Edmond’s death was ...

Thom Carroll/For PhillyVoice The mix of stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl is driving the opioid epidemic's 'fourth wave,' because many stimulant users don't know they are ...

Around five years ago Merchants Quay Ireland started providing crack cocaine pipes in its needle-exchange rooms alongside needles. “We have a crack epidemic,” says Amy Carroll, harm reduction ...

There is no shortage of tragic stories from the cocaine epidemic of the 1980s. The highly-addictive narcotic was showing up ...

During the crack epidemic, it was all about punishment. Possession and use of crack cocaine, cheap and widely available in many Black communities, brought stiffer penalties than possession and use ...

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 ...

Among young people aged 16 to 24 the misuse of ketamine has grown by 231 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Explore the details of a recent Minneapolis bust that could be Minnesota's biggest drug seizure ever. Learn why this massive ...