Facing Heroin's Deadly Menace

Facing heroin's deadly menace

Filed under: Addiction To Crack Cocaine

As doctors and pharmacists became aware of the spreading abuse of pills, they made it tougher for addicts to get a hold of pills illegally, and manufacturers changed the formulas so the pills could no longer be crushed into a powder for snorting and … Read more on My Eastern Shore

Deal With the Pain That Leads to the Problem

Filed under: Addiction To Crack Cocaine

People become addicted for many reasons, from psychiatric disorders to economic desperation. … An astonishing 85 percent of those sentenced for crack cocaine offenses at federal level were black, even though the majority of users of the drug were white. Read more on New York Times

Broward killer apologizes, then speaks against death penalty before execution

Filed under: Addiction To Crack Cocaine

Henry later said that he was addicted to crack cocaine and under "a cocaine-induced psychosis.'' He also argued he'd suffered a severely dysfunctional childhood, court records show. Court records say Henry was listed "as a deserter'' when he left the U … Read more on Sun-Sentinel