Cracolândia: The Crack Capital of Brazil Where Addicts Are Forced to Seek Help

Published May 10, 2013

Cracolândia: the crack capital of Brazil where addicts are forced to seek help
But with Brazil now gripped by the world's second biggest crack epidemic (after the US), the authorities have launched a series of controversial initiatives to address this very visible symptom of the country's social ills. … All she found was … Read more on The Guardian

Today in Local History – May 9
Crack cocaine arrived in Okaloosa County in the mid-1980s bringing crime and despair with it. “If you've seen someone who is addicted to crack, it looks like someone has taken away his soul,” said Deputy Mark Schniepp, supervisor of the C-2 Drug Task … Read more on The Northwest Florida Daily News (blog)