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 ...

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 ...

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.

In the early '90s, Ruben Castaneda was a crime reporter for The Washington Post, and an addict who bought crack on the very streets he wrote about. His new book is called S Street Rising.

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 ...

The opioid epidemic has highlighted the importance of peer recovery coaches, but their jobs are now at risk due to proposed ...

Once riding high as the co-founder of Sleep Country Gordon Lownds had his world turned upside down when he developed a full-blown crack cocaine addiction. Photo by Gordon Lownds / Gordon Lownds ...

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

The Oscar winner plays Khaila, a crack addict who abandons her infant child, then attempts to regain custody several years later once she’s clean.

Chuck Todd hammered Joe and Jill Biden's "selfish" actions during a time when their son Hunter was "turning" their grieving daughter-in-law into a crack addict.