Simon Mason: Britpop, the Nineties and How I Survived My Cocaine Supernova

Simon Mason: Britpop, the Nineties and how I survived my cocaine supernova

Filed under: Signs Symptoms Crack Cocaine

After spending more than a decade living on heroin, crack cocaine, Valium and Special Brew, he now has been clean for seven years, and has good relationships with his family — including his five-year-old daughter Tabitha. With his mod haircut, wide … Read more on Evening Standard

'Crack Baby' Scare Overblown: Researchers Finds Little Proof Of Long-Term …

Filed under: Signs Symptoms Crack Cocaine

Widespread use of crack cocaine in the 1980s led to the "crack baby" scare, when babies born to crack users sometimes had worrisome symptoms including jitteriness and smaller heads. Studies at the time blamed prenatal drug use, suggested affected … Read more on Huffington Post