There will never be an exact estimation of how many people were lost during the crack epidemic in 80s and 90s. And it is more difficult to find the aftereffects on the people who lost a loved one in that epidemic.
This book tries to bring the stories of the people who saw and lived that epidemic first hand. For an outsider it is difficult to know what these people were going through but one can't oversee its outcomes with generations lost to crack.
But did we got over it after 80s and 90s? Sad part is that it was never over. It just had a different drug at different times. From opioids, to crack or to fentanyl now, it was always the addiction only the substance was different. In fact, in a lot of cases the chemistry was same.
It is not difficult to get people clean but it requires honesty from both sides. And before the blame game starts for the failure it is important to understand that there was a framework in place to support these changes at a larger level to contain this.
Peace
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