The drugs were also stamped with Kobe Bryant references, the DEA said in a press release after the …

The most common iteration of this is counterfeit OxyContin pills. In addition to hooking new heroin…

It was the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Heroin Signature Program lab in Sterling, Virgin…

As painkillers increased in popularity in U.S. suburbs, states began cracking down on abuse, making…

The Sinaloa cartel, regarded as the most powerful drug-trafficking cartel in the Western Hemisphere…

When it enters the brain, heroin is converted back into morphine, which binds to molecules on cells…

Heroin production in Mexico is concentrated in areas along the west coast, including in the mountai…

Though Mexican suppliers may be fragmented, they remain responsive to market demand. "The heroin su…

"The heroin market in the United States has been historically divided along the Mississippi River, …

In recent surveys, nearly three in every 1,000 Americans said they used heroin in the previous year…

Because we also have opioid receptors in our brain stem - the body's main control center that is in…

A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association backs up that assertion. T…

Their transition from Oxy to heroin ... was a natural and easy one. Oxy addicts began by sucking on…

"Heroin makes someone calm and a little bit sleepy, but if you take too much then you can fall asle…

Because we also have opioid receptors in our brain stem - the body's main control center that is in…

While there are many possible explanations for this change, one thing is certain: The product has c…

The number of heroin addicts in the US has sharply risen over the last decade, and with it the numb…

The reason may come down to basic economics: Illegally obtained prescription pain killers have beco…

"When confronting the problem of substance abuse, it makes sense to focus attention on the most dan…

The acetyl fentanyl overdoses in Rhode Island last year were the first documented cases of the synt…