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 ...

“There may be high-functioning alcoholics, but there is no such thing as high-functioning crack addicts,” Lowell said Tuesday, listing several cushy gigs Hunter was working at the time.

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 ...

Benjamin M. Kozak, 26, who was addicted to crack cocaine, pushed a 79-year-old man down the basement stairs of the victim's Grosvenor Road home April 24. He pleaded guilty to a first-degree ...

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

Or the day he took his 10-year-old son on a drugs deal, using his own little boy as a decoy. Andy couldn't even stay clean while his daughter lay dying despite them begging him to give up drugs.

'Crack Addicts' star's wait-list has reached 15,000 patients She dispels the myth that she’s a wizard, but her patients certainly think she has magical hands after receiving an adjustment.

How a Rochester ALC teacher and a former drug addict teamed up to write a book and spread a message of hope Since it went on sale in January, "Should've Been Dead: Lessons from a crack addict who ...

The 58-year-old made her big film debut in the 1991 Spike Lee joint “Jungle Fever,” playing opposite Samuel L. Jackson as crack addict Vivian to addict Gator.