crack epidemic: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: NPR - How pop culture framed the crack epidemic. Jan 23, 2026
Add new Web site: US Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs - Crack’s Decline: Some Surprises Across U.S. Cities (PDF). Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: New England Journal of Medicine - Intersecting Epidemics -- Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Infection among Inner-City Young Adults. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Michigan - HistoryLabs - Crackdown: Policing Detroit through the War on Drugs, Crime, and Youth - War on Crack (1986-89). May 16, 2025
Add new Web site: Marakkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University - The Disparate Treatment of Crack Cocaine and the Opioid Epidemic: Unveiling Racial Bias in Drug Policy. Feb 03, 2025
Add new Web site: West Philadelphia Collaborative History - An Era of Drug Destruction: From Heroin to Crack Cocaine. Sep 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Williams College - Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Crack in Los Angeles: Crisis, Militarization, and Black Response to the Late Twentieth-Century War on Drugs. Jun 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Williams College - Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Crack in Los Angeles: Crisis, Militarization, and Black Response to the Late Twentieth-Century War on Drugs. Jun 20, 2024
Link added. Apr 16, 2024
Add new Web site: NPR - How pop culture framed the crack epidemic. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Setting for the Crack Era: Macro Forces, Micro Consequences (1960-1992). Jan 04, 2024
Add new Web site: South Central History - Crack Epidemic? Sep 04, 2017
Media added. Feb 20, 2017
New article added. Jul 08, 2016
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