DELRAY BEACH — If only the train would come now, Desmond Meade said he remembered thinking as he stood on railroad tracks in Miami 19 years ago. The train would mangle his body, snuff out his life.

"I got complacent. Everything was going so well in my life," the 42-year-old said this week. But the spiral of crack addiction led to divorce and him ultimately robbing a bank and a pharmacy. On ...

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 ...

*Annapolis, MD – During her 19-year crack addiction, Tonier Cain racked up 83 arrests and 66 convictions. She turned to prostitution to pay for drugs, lost custody of four children, and, when she wasn ...

A new study suggests CBD may be a promising treatment option for crack addiction further supporting the safety and efficacy of CBD in various medical conditions. Furthermore it appears to alleviate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amsterdam is allocating over 100,000 euros to study a pilot program that would provide crack cocaine to users in a controlled, legal setting, aiming to reduce public nuisance, NOS reported.Crack, a ...

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 ...