crack cocaine

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police are investigating after a 5-year-old boy brought about two dozen vials of crack cocaine into a preschool at a Roman Catholic church. Police say the boy told a teacher’s aide at St. Cyprian Children’s Center that the person who handed him the bag told him to hide it. The Archdiocese […]

TORONTO (AP) — The mayor of Toronto is saying he smoked crack “probably a year ago” when he was in a “drunken stupor.” Rob Ford‘s admission to reporters Tuesday follows months of accusations during which the embattled mayor refused to step down. The allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack surfaced in […]

D.C. Mayor Marion Barry got into a profanity-laden fight with Geraldo Rivera on Saturday night, telling the host to “stop the bullsh*t” about his conviction for crack cocaine, before ultimately showing empathy for embattled New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner. “One bit of advice to the congressman,” Marion Barry said. “I’d stop talking so […]

As the sports drama world turns, former MLB star Otis Nixon was arrested over the weekend after being caught with a crack pipe and crack inside his car. Immediately pinning the possession on his son, he still went to jail. According to TMZ, the 54-year-old was pulled over in Atlanta after there were reports of […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Research in 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 pregnancy. Some studies have linked pregnant women’s cocaine use with children’s behavior difficulties, attention problems, anxiety and worse school performance. But the […]

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told “the whole truth” and another calling […]