The number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade, with the bulk of the increase among whites, according to a new government report. Experts think the increase was driven by ...

One of Mayor Daniel Lurie's most aggressive steps yet to combat the drug crisis was approved this week by San Francisco ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Geoffrey Mutebi relapsed after as US funding freeze made it impossible to access the methadone needed to control his heroin ...

Experts view a shift from injecting fentanyl to smoking it as a promising development that could cut overdose deaths and reduce needle-related harms.

Drug abuse and drug crimes continue to decline across the state of Washington, with one exception. Heroin addiction and overdose deaths are on the rise, according to new research from the University ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new survey of illegal drug users in Ohio found that most of them don’t buy substances directly from so-called drug dealers. Instead, they are frequently using their peers to make ...

"Like father, like son? Can parenting styles break the intergenerational pattern of alcohol and drug use?" A group of ...

Research published in high-quality peer-reviewed journals reveals key information on the realities of addiction, exposing pervasive myths and misconceptions, as in these examples. False Belief 1: Drug ...

Don't tell that to Vincent Hemming, Wyoming County assistant district attorney. The DA's office brought charges last week against two men in connection with the heroin overdose of 22-year-old Andrew ...

Niko Vorobyov, a journalist and author of the book "Dopeworld" traveled to 15 countries on five continents to look at how the issue of illicit drugs "has shaped the entire world: wars, scandals, coups ...

About 100 people — mostly local drug addicts — gathered at a pagoda in Phnom Penh in mid-February. A few drug users had brought their families for support, and they sat together on woven mats before a ...