Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DELRAY BEACH — If only the train would come now, Desmond Meade said he remembered thinking as he stood on railroad tracks in Miami ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Days after police stormed one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous shantytowns to seize back territory long held by a powerful drug dealing organization, city health and welfare ...

LOS ANGELES — Are you a junkie in Skid Row who just got a bag of crack or fentanyl, but have no pipe to smoke it in? Don’t worry: local nonprofit organizations will hand you a brand-new crack pipe ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Officials in Brazil’s most populous state say they will start forcing adult crack addicts to go to rehabilitation centers in an effort to curb growing use of the drug. Number of ...

Revelers take part in a street carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 3, 2024, in a neighborhood nicknamed Cracolandia due to the large number of crack addicts ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When night falls, street crack marketplaces open for business. The gritty transactions of the drug trade take over in city neighbourhoods that hum with legitimate commerce by day ...

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 ...