The number of adults in the United States who reported using heroin at some point in their lives increased by approximately fivefold over the span of a decade, according to a new analysis of two ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...

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 ...

NEW YORK Teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows, according to national survey results released Wednesday. They consume a lot of energy drinks, though. And there are slight, ...

At a minimum two people die per day from overdoses in the state, a statistic that continues to plague Sen. Saud Anwar, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tee tried heroin at 16 when a boyfriend crushed it into powder and passed it off as prescription pills. When Tee sniffed it, she ...

Rock musician Billy Idol confessed to kicking his heroin addiction by doing something else instead — smoking crack. Idol admitted that he had many close-calls in his lifetime, including some ...

At the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), UNAIDS, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), together with ...