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On Sept. 5, 1989, President George H.W. Bush appeared on live television to discuss what he called the nation's "gravest domestic threat." Sitting at his desk in the oval office, Bush held up a bag of ...

Donovan Ramsey discusses his book "When Crack Was King." Life in the United States was blighted by the crack epidemic of the 1980s, which devastated communities and defined a generation. "When Crack ...

Andy Dick is checking himself into rehab after he overdosed on crack cocaine earlier this week. The “Road Trip” actor, 59, told TMZ that he’ll be entering a rehabilitation center in the Palm Springs, ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL HOST: Now, in the United States, we know how the opioid epidemic and the fentanyl crisis are literally major killers. But perhaps we’ve forgotten one that ...