It was the ultimate hell for single dad Scott Meyers. His teen daughter, Rachel, had progressed from smoking pot to doing every drug imaginable, ultimately spiraling into an inescapable web of heroin ...

Family and friends celebrated the life of 18-year-old Tyler Herron Friday night. The young man died one year ago as a result of the demons of heroin. "He was a fun boy, family oriented, wanted his ...

Between 2002 and 2013, heroin use among women increased at twice the rate of men. This is a story of addiction... and recovery... and relapse. Legions of women are entering rehab to kick opioids and ...

Now, with the rise of prescription painkillers, the introduction of extremely potent synthetic opioids and the resurgence of heroin, the nation is locked in an ongoing overdose epidemic some have ...

HHS 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 emphasized that young people ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks responsible for creative thinking. The findings indicate that the brains ...

Before she was an opiate addict with three children in state custody, before she realized that years of drug use had taken a devastating toll on her life, Amy Johnson was a committed stay-at-home mom, ...