Tag: heroin addiction

Approximately 25 percent of all drug-related overdose fatalities in the U.S. involved heroin in 2015, a threefold increase from 2010, according to a government...

Heroin use and heroin-related disorders have substantially surged since 2001, especially among whites and undereducated, low-income males, according to new findings published last week...

A recent study explored the perceived dangers, symbolism and cultural framing surrounding opioid, heroin and maintenance treatment substances among licit and illicit drug users...

Before 12-year-old Kayden Carlos started sixth grade, he experimented with alcohol. Shortly after, he smoked marijuana with friends at a concert and got his first...

It’s a virtual house party, a ‘heroin cave’ filled with triggers -- partygoers using and dealing drugs, a table peppered with syringes, pill bottles...

As heroin use continues to rise across many demographics, Americans are scrambling to find solutions to the epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease...

There has been a marked shift in the demographics of heroin users over the past several decades, recent research showed. Heroin use has gone...

More than 5 million people ages 12 and older reported using heroin in their lifetime, and 828,000 reported using it in the past year,...

A new study conducted by the Medical University of Vienna found that cravings endured by those who suffer from an opioid substance use disorder...

Parts of this real life story are drug using-centric, and may not be suitable for newcomers. West 23rd Street, New York City, 1978. The Sex...