Running Head: INTERNET STUDY OF BLACK BISEXUAL MEN Introduction

The year 2014 represents an opportunity to acknowledge the 30 th anniversary of the 1984 dawning of the crack cocaine epidemic. The Journal of Equity in Health devotes the present Volume (3, No. 1, February, 2014) to a series of articles that highlight the significance of the public health crisis that began with the dawning of the crack epidemic. Meanwhile, crack remains a focus of public health concern, as underscored in an introduction. Thereafter, the article provides an overview of the contributions by varied authors that appear within this special theme issue. In sum, this article provides introduction to the eleven additional articles that comprise this special theme issue.