crack epidemic

What Is Base? (The Drug?)?

by SteffanyF! Question by Aimee’s Mummy & Boy on Board: What is base? (the drug?)? Can someone tell me what ‘base’ is and what the side effects are both short term and long term? Is it speed? I really need… Continue reading

Documenting the Ravages of the 1980s Crack Epidemic

...  the ravages of the 1980s crack epidemic “The purpose of Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue,” Dr. Stephen W. Nicholas writes in the book's epilogue, “is not to define a national agenda, but, rather, to force a national dialogue.” Richards spoke… Continue reading

Is It Considered Common Knowledge That the Government Has Been Involed in Selling Drugs and Maybe Still Is?

...  wars in SE Asia before America was officially drawn in. Under the fake airlines “Civil Air Transport” and “Air America,” the CIA smuggled and moved opium for General Chiang Kai-Shek in order to raise funds so he could fight… Continue reading

Rap-Loving Florida Congressman Busted With Cocaine

...  Florida Congressman Busted With Cocaine Rappers, he wrote on Buzzfeed (where he's also blogged about SkyMall), "described their experience as young, black men coming of age during the crack epidemic, gang wars and violence in every direction. Where… Continue reading

Air Force Bans Greek Yogurt With Hemp Seeds Over Anti-Drug Policy Concerns

...  Control Policy launched the "I Helped" campaign, a shameless effort to recharge America's failed war on drugs by linking recreational drug use to terrorism. (In fact, both the U.S. and the United Nations sent … Read more on Huffington… Continue reading

Weight Loss Drug Topamax May Curb Cocaine Addiction

...  trial included addicts whose average age was 45 and were mainly African-American males who smoked crack cocaine. There was no significant difference, with respect to demographics, drug and alcohol use and amount … Read more on PsychCentral.com Decades Later, Drugs… Continue reading