A medication offered to heroin abusers at the Albany County jail was shown to help prevent addicts from returning to illegal drug use, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England ...

The so-called War on Drugs has turned into an endless struggle, crowding prisons with addicts who resume their habits when they’re back on the street. An epidemic of deaths from overdoses of heroin ...

In a way, it still is. Larry Soper is a residential manager at the Interval Brotherhood Home in Coventry Township, Ohio, where many of the area’s heroin addicts go for residential treatment. It’s a ...

Seattle's new drug enforcement approach sparks debate as police and advocates warn of rising crime and open-air drug markets ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- Police departments in some Illinois cities are offering help for heroin addicts instead of arrest. The (Aurora) Beacon-News reports the amnesty programs offer addicts the chance to ...

It was the ultimate hell for single dad Scott Meyers. His teen daughter, Rachel, had progressed from smoking pot to doing every drug imaginable, ultimately spiraling into an inescapable web of heroin ...

Ozempic and related weight loss drugs may help people struggling with addiction, as they've been linked to a 40 percent reduction in opioid overdose and 50 percent lower rate of alcohol intoxication, ...

There’s been plenty of talk lately about the heroin epidemic overwhelming the Seattle area and the rest of the nation. But as the debate about what to do rages on, a small group of people in Kent are ...

I was in the bath trying to get warm, surrounded by needles, screaming to God for help. I thought, “I’m going to be dead soon”. I’d been out shoplifting, and hadn’t been able to find anything to sell ...

Nick Carbonaro's mom will tell you her son wasn't a bad person. He just made some bad decisions. After struggling with addiction for years in February he died of a heroin overdose. "I wake him up the ...

TRUMANN, Ark. - It's being called one of the biggest drug busts in the history of northeastern Arkansas: The FBI announced on Tuesday the indictments of 21 people accused of distributing ...