Today, Sherelyn Anderson's war on drugs ends. The one-time crack addict is to be sentenced in King County Superior Court for helping an undercover officer get $100 worth of crack cocaine in May 2001.

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 ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to author Donovan X. Ramsey about his new book, "When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era." It tells the story of the crack cocaine epidemic. One of ...

The last time Maurice Morgan smoked crack was a Monday night. It was 2009, and his mother had died the year before. Morgan, 40 at the time, was a recovering addict who’d struggled with relapses before ...

Some of Halle Berry’s most gritty and unglamorous roles have been her favorites to portray in her three decades-spanning ...

TLC is premiering a new show tonight, and it’s not for the faint of heart. “Crack Addicts” will premiere Wednesday, May 24 at 10 p.m. and features patients having their backs adjusted while their ...

HOLLY Hagan has admitted she’s been forced to go “cold turkey” while trying to crack an addiction that’s taking over her life ...

In his new documentary, actor Charlie Sheen opened up about his troubles with drug and alcohol addiction and how he received ...

‘Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine but ... am I an addict? No’: One-time Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford - Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images It is a feature of modern life that many of the world’s ...

A 16-year-old crack cocaine addict says he is desperate to turn his life around after carrying out a series of thefts. In the space of just a couple of weeks the boy, who cannot be named because of ...