Eddie Pepperell compared returning to his old swing coach to a crack addiction, and is reaping the benefits with a 4-under 68 Friday at Bay Hill. ORLANDO, Fla. – Eddie Pepperell has less of a filter ...

DECATUR - Crack cocaine, a drug that has reached epidemic proportions in many large cities since its introduction in the mid-1980s, has found its way into almost every corner of the nation. While ...

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 ...

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 ...

In September, Moore pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Back then, though, an eight-year sentence wasn't really eight. Half came off because he'd cooperated with police and ...

A crack cocaine addict who told two nurses carrying out a mental health assessment he was going to kill them has been jailed for 10 months.

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 ...

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 ...

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