AOL

95 People Who Refused To Lose Their Life To Addiction And Took Back Control (Best Of All Time)

Overcoming addiction is never easy, but these photos show that it is always worth it. The post 95 People Who Refused To Lose Their Life To Addiction And Took Back Control (Best Of All Time) first ...
Newsweek

Woman Looks Unrecognizable After Going Teetotal and Beating Crack Addiction

At the time of writing, Abi Feltham, a successful 35-year-old social media marketer from southeast England, has just come home from a two-week holiday in sunny Albania with her partner. But in 2020, ...
Herald & Review

Back from crack: Ex-cheerleader swears program at Decatur prison has her going straight

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 ...
Winston-Salem Journal

From med school to crack addict, an ex-con works his way back to sobriety

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 ...
The Grio

When your hype man’s a crackhead: How Public Enemy dealt with Flavor Flav’s addiction

The Public Enemy 1988 song about crack use, “Night of the Living Baseheads,” was a red alert warning us about its dangers. However, while the group’s leader and co-founder Chuck D was preaching to the ...
NPR

Why the crack cocaine epidemic hit Black communities 'first and worst'

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 ...
Palm Beach Post

Panel discussion examines how crack and opioid epidemics drew starkly varied responses

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 ...

Crack addict jailed after threat to kill nurses

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.
The Mirror

Tragic journey from promising pretty student to crack addict prostitute captured in pictures

These heartbreaking pictures show the horrific decline of a pretty college student who tragically died after losing a battle against heroin addiction. In one of the photos Leanne Johnson is seen ...

‘I’m going to kill you’ - Crack cocaine addict jailed after threatening two nurses who were trying to help him

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

‘Being Black: The ’80s’: De La Soul’s song captures the devastating effects of the crack epidemic

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 ...