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Whether you give much thought to it or not, hair grows all over your body. Body hair is completely normal, even on your buttocks and between your butt cheeks. This type of hair is called vellus hair, ...
In the wake of news of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's divorce, I spoke on a CBC Radio One broadcast (the Canadian version of NPR) on whether marriage is a relationship killer. Later on, I reviewed the ...
Cocaine is a stimulant drug and highly addictive. Using cocaine can cause changes to the brain, such as in the reward system, resulting in a buildup of dopamine and making it difficult for someone to ...
On Sept. 5, 1989, President George H.W. Bush appeared on live television to discuss what he called the nation's "gravest domestic threat." Sitting at his desk in the oval office, Bush held up a bag of ...
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Crack had a massive impact on the Black community in the 1980s. It would ...
While crack cocaine seems to account for the rise in the murder rate of black youths in the 1980s, as well as more moderate increases in a wide range of adverse birth outcomes, the damaging social ...
The 1980s crack epidemic was a fork in the road. America chose racism and prisons over public health
What if the nation had met the crack epidemic of the 1980s with healthcare rather than with police and prison? How much more prepared might we have been today for a deadly viral pandemic, and how much ...
The crack epidemic that ravaged the United States from the 1970s to 1990s was a dark chapter in American history, characterized by soaring addiction rates, urban decay, and devastating consequences ...
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