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 ...

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 ...

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio — A pilot drug checking program at the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office is offering new insight on the opioid epidemic in the county, including showing a disconnect ...

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 ...

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 ...

In recent years, lawmakers have focused almost exclusively on stopping the flow of illicit fentanyl to combat the opioid overdose crisis. First appearing as a heroin additive in 2012, fentanyl largely ...

Most people believe that smoking major drugs like heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, or cocaine is much safer than injecting the drug. After all, there are serious risks of major skin abscesses with ...

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 ...

Mayor Eric Adams wants the state to let New York City force drug users from public spaces and into treatment, his latest plan to use involuntary means aimed at combating street homelessness, mental ...