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2. Crack cocaine - Wikipedia

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   Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be smoked. Crack offers a short, intense high to smokers. The Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment calls it the most addictive form of cocaine.

3. Charities are handing out free crack pipes on LA’s Skid Row ...

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   And addicts told The Post that the free crack pipes help them afford more drugs to feed their habit. A man in Skid Row smokes narcotics from a pipe he received from Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles ...

4. Project Prevention - Wikipedia

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   Project Prevention (formerly Children Requiring a Caring Kommunity or CRACK) is an American non-profit organization that pays drug addicts cash for volunteering for long-term birth control, including sterilization. Originally based in California and now based in North Carolina, the organization began operating in the United Kingdom in 2010.

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. 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 ...

7. As overdose rates rise, FDA calls for new medications to help ...

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   There's renewed urgency to help people with stimulant use disorders as drugs like cocaine and meth have become cheaper, easier to find and more potent. Now, the need for treatments has crashed ...

8. List of addiction and substance abuse organizations - Wikipedia

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   Addiction Services, a division of the Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection, aims to assist all individuals in achieving a safe and healthy lifestyle. Addiction Services offices are located across the province of Nova Scotia and offer help to those struggling with alcohol, drug, and gambling addictions. [1]

9. Cocaine dependence - Wikipedia

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   Cocaine dependence is a neurological disorder that is characterized by withdrawal symptoms upon cessation from cocaine use. [1] It also often coincides with cocaine addiction which is a biopsychosocial disorder characterized by persistent use of cocaine and/or crack despite substantial harm and adverse consequences.