AdvertisementAddiction Battled Ambition For Reporter Caught In D.C.'s Crack EpidemicJuly 03, 2014NPR StafffacebookEmailIn this photo, released July 17, 1989, a U.S. marshal keeps his pistol trained on suspects as other marshals raid a crack house in Washington, D.C. The city's crack epidemic lasted from the late '80s to the early '90s. (AP)
