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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction, spiritual awakening and recovery at a conference on drug addiction Thursday and ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

The event was jointly organised by Aster Ramesh Hospitals, Vijayawada, and the EAGLE wing of the Andhra Pradesh Police as ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: Part two of a two-part story on heroin addiction and its affects on one Valley family. Part one ran Monday. PHOENIX — Six years ago, Alex (not his real name) was attending Thunderbird ...

The past few years have seen an explosion of heroin abuse and deaths from opiate overdose. But little is known about the molecular underpinnings of heroin addiction. A new study in Biological ...

The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug ...

“We’re talking about pharm parties … [where] they will actually have a bowl of pharmaceuticals and the kids will actually grab a handful of pills and take them not knowing what they are taking,” ...

Before Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for the gruesome murders of four University of Idaho students, he battled a brutal drug addiction. During a recent sit-down ...