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[Opinion] NYT: Resilient Black Men Who Survived Major Epidemics Are Being Taken Down By One Street Drug
Drug addiction has plagued the Black community for decades, and with the rise of fentanyl in recent years, Black people should be on high alert — especially our Black men, whom statistics say are the ...
Who Was Rayful Edmond And How Did He Die? Drug Kingpin Known As ‘King Of Cocaine’ Was 60
Rayful Edmond III, a drug lord best known for catalyzing a crack cocaine epidemic in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s, has died. He was 60. According to The New York Times, Edmond’s death was confirmed ...
Florida county is vacating convictions of those who bought crack made at courthouse
The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...
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Former drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, onetime ‘king of cocaine,’ dies months after prison release
Former drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, whose dealing fueled the 1980s crack epidemic in Washington, D.C. died Tuesday, months after being released from prison. He was 60. Edmond, when he was 25 ...
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Notorious DC drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III, linked to crack epidemic in DC, dies at 60
Some even credit the notorious Edmond for igniting the crack epidemic that contributed to the nation’s capital being dubbed the murder capital of America. 7News' former D.C. Bureau Chief Sam ...
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Stimulant Users Are Caught in Fatal ‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic
The migration of fentanyl into illicit stimulants such as cocaine is especially dangerous for people who are not regular ...
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Rayful Edmond III, Infamous D.C. Crack Kingpin, Dead Months After Release From Federal Prison
Rayful Edmond III, the notorious drug kingpin believed to have fueled the mid-’80s crack epidemic in Washington, D.C., has passed away at age 60. Released from federal prison earlier this year, Edmond ...
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Rayful Edmond, Drug Lord Who Stoked D.C.’s Crack Cocaine Epidemic, Dies at 60
He later became an informant. By Isabella Kwai Rayful Edmond, a drug kingpin who stoked a crack cocaine epidemic in Washington, D.C., in the 1980s and later cooperated with prosecutors to bring ...
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Notorious DC drug kingpin Rayful Edmond dies aged 60
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 ...
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NYT: Resilient Black Men Who Survived Major Epidemics Are Being Taken Down By One Street Drug
In the height of the crack epidemic of the 1980s, young Black men fell victim to deadly overdoses at higher rates than any other ethnic group. Forty years later in 2024, the group with the highest ...
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The onetime ‘king of cocaine,’ former kingpin Rayful Edmond, dies just months after prison release
Former drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, whose dealing fueled the 1980s crack epidemic in Washington, D.C. died Tuesday, months after being released from prison. He was 60. Edmond, when he was 25 ...