Cocaine — aka coke, blow, and snow — is a powerful stimulant made from the leaves of the coca plant. It usually comes in the form of a white, crystalline powder. While it has a few medicinal uses, ...
CHICAGO — Research on teens adds fresh evidence that the 1980s “crack baby” scare was overblown, finding little proof of any major long-term ill effects in children whose mothers used cocaine during ...
OPINION: De La Soul's "My Brother's a Basehead" takes us into the impact of crack on its users and their families. Crack had a massive impact on the Black community in the 1980s. It would be ...