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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]
Jack Benjamin Edwards (born 18 October 1998) is an English YouTuber, social media influencer and author. [3] He has built an online following posting videos about books, popular culture and university life since 2016, and is associated with the internet sub-communities of BookTube, BookTok [4] [5] [6] and EduTube.
Samuel L. Jackson is getting candid about his prior struggles with drug addiction in a new interview.
The crack epidemic in the U.S. was a time during the 1980s when people were using crack cocaine as payment for every day goods, crack cocaine was cheap. [6] [4] Thompson wrote about her life during that time in Queen Pin, co-written with David Ritz. It was published in 2010.
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 ...
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