Near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how he tries to avoid overdosing when he smokes crack cocaine. KFF ...

In early 2023, Alex took a job at Cloud 9, a strip-mall smoke shop off Atlanta’s I-85. He had recently graduated from college ...

In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Preliminary statistics indicate that the number of fatal drug overdoses on Staten Island declined in ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

Shares of life insurance companies like GIC, Star Health, and New India Assurance fell up to 8.4% after the GST Council delayed a decision on reducing GST rates on life and health insurance premiums.

he commanded a ruthless crack cocaine operation, raking in an estimated $2 million a week and fueling a deadly epidemic that plunged D.C. into the national consciousness as America’s murder capital.

Drug addiction has plagued the Black community for decades, and with the rise of fentanyl in recent years, Black people ...

Alan Freund Miami Herald It was the height of the ‘80s crack cocaine epidemic, and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office was breaking the law to enforce it. Law enforcement cooked crack cocaine ...

Edmond is believed to have controlled about a third of the cocaine trade in Washington DC during the crack epidemic. Once he arrived in prison at age 25, Edmond continued running his drug business ...

Cocaine use is back and more dangerous than ever. Fentanyl contamination in cocaine use among professionals is reshaping mental health care.