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  2. No such thing as a 'crackhead': Drawing stories and lessons ...

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    Donovan X. Ramsey discusses his book, 'When Crack Was King' — the story of the crack epidemic through four survivors — and draws lessons for the opioid epidemic.

  3. Panel discussion examines how crack and opioid epidemics drew ...

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    Like Meade, Ridley shared his own story of overcoming a crack cocaine addiction. He said he remembers being in a crack house in the 1990s as a television carried news of a community group ...

  4. 15 years clean, Flavor Flav talks about the $2,600 a day he ...

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    Flav — real name William Jonathan Drayton Jr. — is now 15 years clean from coke and crack and 2½ years off alcohol and cigarettes. He thinks God had a reason for keeping him alive through 18 ...

  5. Crack epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Various paraphernalia used to smoke crack cocaine, including a homemade crack pipe made out of an empty plastic water bottle.. In a study done by Roland Fryer, Steven Levitt, and Kevin Murphy, a crack index was calculated using information on cocaine-related arrests, deaths, and drug raids, along with low birth rates and media coverage in the United States.

  6. Crack cocaine - Wikipedia

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    A woman smoking crack cocaine in San Francisco, California, in December 2005. Crack cocaine is commonly used as a recreational drug. Effects of crack cocaine include euphoria, [11] supreme confidence, [12] loss of appetite, [11] insomnia, [11] alertness, [11] increased energy, [11] a craving for more cocaine, [12] and potential paranoia (ending ...

  7. Frank Lucas - Wikipedia

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    Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia.

  8. A fentanyl antidote is saving lives. But it isn’t ending the ...

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    “From the personal side, I know what it looks like to see somebody overdosing.” Milas lost her two sons to fentanyl. Twice, she pulled the younger son back from an overdose by giving him naloxone.

  9. Tim Ryan (recovery advocate) - Wikipedia

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    Tim Ryan struggled with addiction for 30 years. At the age of 32, Ryan first used heroin and quickly slid into spending a substantial amount of money on illicit opioids. He was a successful technology entrepreneur who used a variety of drugs including alcohol, cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana .