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 ...

It’s difficult to pinpoint when Andy Kalli’s life hit rock bottom. Possibly the moment when he walked his daughter down the aisle with the wedding guests in tears, crying out of pity because he was a ...

Hunter Biden opened up about his crack cocaine addiction in an interview Monday with Andrew Callaghan on Channel 5, a YouTube channel. Biden said he often risked his life buying crack on the street, ...

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 ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When night falls, street crack marketplaces open for business. The gritty transactions of the drug trade take over in city neighborhoods that hum with legitimate commerce by day.

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 ...