A crack addict has confessed to starting the house blaze that killed a Houston firefighter, claiming a small fire he lit so he could see his crack pipe got out of hand, authorities said Monday.

Khalil Rafati had been at rock bottom with no home and a drug addiction — until he came across an opportunity that has since ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Days after police stormed one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous shantytowns to seize back territory long held by a powerful drug dealing organization, city health and welfare ...

*Annapolis, MD – During her 19-year crack addiction, Tonier Cain racked up 83 arrests and 66 convictions. She turned to prostitution to pay for drugs, lost custody of four children, and, when she wasn ...

A woman has told how her son’s 10-year crack addiction and demands for cash had turned her life into a “living nightmare.” ...

The crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s was met with demonization, mass incarceration and dehumanization of Black crack addicts. The opioid epidemic of today is being met with empathy, understanding ...

Revelers take part in a street carnival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 3, 2024, in a neighborhood nicknamed Cracolandia due to the large number of crack addicts ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Officials in Brazil’s most populous state say they will start forcing adult crack addicts to go to rehabilitation centers in an effort to curb growing use of the drug. Number of ...

Hundreds of addicts are drawn to the Bahnhofsviertel area, where several so-called consumption rooms offer sterile needles and allow users to inject heroin, smoke crack cocaine and take other illegal ...

A building boss who punched his ex-partner in the face and smacked her with a pole in a two-year campaign of domestic abuse ...

The Federal Commission for Addiction and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases is planning the establishment of dedicated squads to visit individuals addicted to crack and offer them medical and ...

DELRAY BEACH — If only the train would come now, Desmond Meade said he remembered thinking as he stood on railroad tracks in Miami 19 years ago. The train would mangle his body, snuff out his life.