The numbers differ, depending on who you listen to, but the idea that we are losing 65 to 100 people each day in this country to fatal opiate overdoses is sad, stunning, and not surprising. How and ...

Those with loved ones who are using opiates or heroin have a new risk. Drug dealers across the United States have begun to mix drugs with an extremely powerful and dangerous drug known as Fentanyl.

A long-term study on opioid addiction and cannabis use found little to no evidence that using cannabis can help addicts reduce or stop their long-term intake of illicit opioids. The study, published ...

A filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off heroin for the past six years. A filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off ...

Governor Peter Shumlin has said his state is at the center of “a full-blown heroin crisis” that is plaguing the whole country. Heroin use in Vermont has risen dramatically in the past 12 years. This ...

The rise in the number of women seeking help comes at a time when Western New York hospitals are seeing more babies born addicted to opiates. The state Health Department has determined that as many as ...

Opiate addiction is a growing concern across the globe, affecting millions of individuals and their families. While many are aware of the dangers associated with illegal drugs, fewer people recognize ...

Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted his State of the State address Wednesday to highlighting what he called a “rising tide of drug addiction and drug-related crime” that he said threatens the quality of life ...

Jamie Lee Curtis celebrated a personal milestone on February 3: 25 years of sobriety. "25 years clean and sober. One day at a time. 9,125 of them," she wrote in a social media post. The actor ...

* Europe, Russia, Iran consume half world's opiates * Only 20 percent of Afghan opium intercepted * Taliban making up to $160 million a year from opium By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 ...

A prescription drug called Suboxone helps wean people off of heroin and pain pills, but addicts have a hard time getting prescriptions. So they're turning to the black market. An Albuquerque man who ...