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The crack explosion in the mid-1980s spawned millionaire kingpins who waged violent turf wars, along with countless small-time dealers and addicts. The epidemic led to strict laws that swelled the ...
The winning series — produced as part of a New York Times local investigations fellowship — explores Baltimore’s fentanyl crisis ...
Richard Pitt grew up in Thermopolis and lived a life straight out of 1980s drug-running movies like “Scarface.” Decades later ...
James Kelly, Programme Manager at CARP, in the documentary Hope in a Crack Epidemic A Dublin filmmaker’s documentary on the crack cocaine epidemic in Tallaght, has revealed how dealers are ...
What makes 'Friday' special in the pantheon of Black cinema was that it was one of the first "hood" films of its kind in the ...
The crack epidemic hit Memphis hard, and by 1988, Zarshenas noticed a strange but serious uptick in business. “People were selling a lot of drugs, and they didn’t know what to do with their ...
Dive into the dark history of the crack epidemic that hit the United States in the early 1980s. Explore its roots in socio-economic struggles, failed policies, and racial disparities.
The documentary by filmmaker Patrick Doran, "Hope In A Crack Epidemic", looks at the Community Addiction Response Programme in Killinarden in Tallaght, and the growing issues with crack cocaine.
Michael B Jordan and Mike Myers were some of the A-list celebrities named for the first time during the first day of the trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Their names were included in a list list of ...
After Henley left L.A., the 60s also began making their mark elsewhere. The crack epidemic had taken hold of South L.A., and it would soon spread across the country, bringing gang violence with it.