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 ...

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 ...

Panelists at the Drug Abuse Foundation of Palm Beach County discussed how race altered the nation's responses to the crack cocaine and opioid epidemics.

Three decades ago, Gordon Lownds was living the entrepreneurial dream as a successful co-founder of the burgeoning Sleep Country business. At the same time, his personal life was a nightmare.

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.

Although crack cocaine is indeed one of the most addictive drugs, Sheen’s statement about social use is true of most people who have tried the drug, if by “social” you mean use that does not ...

Crack, or basecoke, has been making a comeback in the last two years, an investigation by NRC has shown. The price of the highly addictive drug has come down and new groups of users, including labour ...

Benjamin Lerner, a nationally recognized artist and recovery advocate, will perform his new show "Performer" on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at Barrington Stage Company’s Boyd-Quinson Stage. Proceeds will bene ...

Trump’s budget law effectively undoes much of the good that the Affordable Care Act did in reducing opioid deaths.