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When Crack Was King was critically-acclaimed upon its release with positive reviews from publications including the Los Angeles Times [3], The New York Times [4], Kirkus Reviews [5], NPR, Apple Books, [6] Publishers Weekly [7], and The Guardian. [8] The Washington Post named the book a notable new release in a "summer of big books."
Donovan X. Ramsey discusses his book, 'When Crack Was King' — the story of the crack epidemic through four survivors — and draws lessons for the opioid epidemic.
[4] Ross has said that when he first saw crack cocaine as a teenager in 1979, he did not immediately believe it was a drug because it looked different from other drugs he had seen. [5] The nickname Freeway came from Ross owning properties along Los Angeles' Interstate 110, also known as the Harbor Freeway. [6]
Purer forms of crack resemble off-white, jagged-edged "rocks" of a hard, brittle plastic, with a slightly higher density than candle wax. [4] Like cocaine in other forms, crack rock acts as a local anesthetic, numbing the tongue or mouth only where directly placed. Purer forms of crack will sink in water and melt at the edges when near a flame ...
The annual Goodreads Choice Awards are the only major book awards chosen by readers for readers, and this year over 6.2 million votes were cast by book lovers for their favorite page-turners of ...
The Colorado Kid. King’s first venture with the Hard Case Crime imprint is the most minor of novellas. The Colorado Kid is a half-baked tale of small-town journalism and an unsolved crime. For ...
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Samuel L. Jackson is getting candid about his prior struggles with drug addiction in a new interview.