Like Mayor Rob Ford, most crack users today are employed, white men. Nov. 7, 2013— -- Cheap, easy to produce and packing a euphoric high, crack cocaine experienced a dizzying period of popularity ...

The subject of addiction swirls with myths and misinformation. It doesn’t help that so many people seem to believe that their own struggle with addiction — or a few drop-ins to Alcoholics Anonymous ...

Let’s clear something up: the reason we’re laughing at Rob Ford is because he was smoking crack. If he was using powder cocaine, we might have been surprised. We might have been angry. But we wouldn’t ...

Leaders in substance abuse treatment gathered last week to reflect on the failures of the war on crack cocaine and to lay a course to repair the damage to people still suffering in the system designed ...

“This is crack cocaine seized a few days ago by drug enforcement agents in a park just across the street from the White House. It’s as innocent-looking as candy, but it’s turning our cities into ...

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 ...

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

Should judges have the discretion to depart from severe sentencing guidelines if they lead to unjust results? The Supreme Court wrestled with this question Oct. 2 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Business was brisk in the Mandela shantytown on a recent night. In the glow of a weak light bulb, customers pawed through packets of powdered cocaine and marijuana priced at $5, ...

When diagnosing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), it is important to consider the so-called ‘crack lung syndrome,’ a condition caused by the use of cocaine-derived substances. A thorough ...