Crack Cocaine

A new book takes a new look at crack.

The history of drug prohibition is increasingly well-trodden territory, but with Opium's Orphans, British historian P.E. Caquet brings a fascinating new perspective embedded in a sweeping narrative and fortified with an erudite grasp of the broad global historical context.

It is a case that could positively impact the resentencing prospects of thousands of federal crack cocaine prisoners.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, endorses a symbolic psychedelic reform, the House votes to end the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity, and more.

Connecticut lawmakers will meet in special session this week in a bid to get marijuana legalization done, Wyoming activists began initiative campaigns for marijuana decriminalization and medical marijuana, and more.

A leading neuropsychopharmacologist speaks his minds about drugs.

It's Friday night and I'm heading for the cocaine shop.

David Farber has written a provocative social and cultural history of crack cocaine.

In which we review two recent journalist efforts to understand the world of drug prohibition and drug culture.

The prison population is a little whiter than it used to be. Here are some reasons why.