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Topic: Crack

Drug users prepare cocaine before injecting, inside of a Safe Consumption van set up by Peter Krykant on September 25, 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

The drugs were never the point

Niko Vorobyov
Damson Idris as Franklin Saint in "Snowfall" (Ray MIcksaw/FX)

The end of FX's fearless "Snowfall"

D. Watkins
This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. (John Sonntag/NASA via AP)

Goodbye Larsen C iceberg

Brian Kahn - Climate Central
Malcolm Mays, Damson Idris and Isaiah John in "Snowfall" (FX/Mark Davis)

"Snowfall": The story of crack

Melanie McFarland
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Pot helps crack addicts wean off the addictive drug (Photo by maxknoxvill via Pixabay)

Trey Reckling - The Fresh Toast
Jay-Z, Ronald Reagan, Kanye West (AP/Reuters/Benoit Tessier/Danny Moloshok/Photo montage by Salon)

Reagan's hip-hop nightmare

Matthew Pulver
Rob Ford (Reuters/Aaron Harris)

Sarah Dougherty - GlobalPost
(Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Leslie Garrett
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A photo of the author.

D. Watkins
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Gawker's ugly crack addiction

Freddie deBoer - Jacobin
Rob Ford (Reuters/Mark Blinch)

Crack isn't his only scandal!

JB Staniforth
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Ford admits to smoking crack

Elias Isquith
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Mayor Rob Ford (Wikimedia)

Ford's crack video surfaces

Rob Gillies - The Associated Press
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-100406p1.html'> Martin Valigursky </a> via <ahref='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Katie McDonough
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wins President Obama a Chicago (teddy) bear on the Jersey Shore, Tuesday. At least it wasn't wearing a fleece. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Salon Staff
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Prachi Gupta
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Prachi Gupta
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Who is Rob Ford?

Herman Rosenfeld - Jacobin
Mayor Rob Ford (Wikimedia)

Natasha Lennard

Nic Sheff - The Fix
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