NEW YORK – As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it – because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely ...

Bryan Kohberger's sister revealed that he once overcame a heroin addiction before pursuing higher education. Kohberger is ...

During a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing last year in June, Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX) called out HHS ...

Bryan Kohberger's sister said he beat a heroin addiction before he committed the Idaho College murders. Bryan, 31,  pleaded ...

SHELTERING in the underpass a stone’s throw from a busy shopping arcade, a young man sits hunched, begging for money to feed ...

D spent a decade recovering from an addiction that started when he fell off a ladder, got injured and was prescribed opioid pain pills.

The growing availability of heroin, combined with programs aimed at curbing prescription painkiller abuse, may be changing the face of opiate addiction in the U.S., according to sociologists. While ...

Undergoing major surgery can be a daunting experience, and managing postoperative pain effectively is crucial for a smooth recovery. Opiates are commonly prescribed to alleviate severe pain following ...

FREEPORT, NY (WABC) -- Acting Nassau County DA Madeline Singas on Wednesday announced her office's commitment to close a deadly treatment gap for heroin addicts. It is part of her three-pronged ...

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 ...

Audrey's brother has been struggling with heroin addiction for most of her life. — -- Audrey Stepp is 9 years old, and for most of her life, her brother Sammy Stepp has been struggling with a ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...