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US authorities seized $1 million worth of heroin and fentanyl labeled 'coronavirus'
The drugs were also stamped with Kobe Bryant references, the DEA said in a press release after the …
Graham Rapier
May 09 2020 20:25 IST
Mexican cartels are expanding their control over the US heroin market
The most common iteration of this is counterfeit OxyContin pills. In addition to hooking new heroin…
Christopher Woody
Dec 07 2016 17:04 IST
Mexican cartels now have a 'sophisticated farm-to-arm supply chain' for the US heroin trade
It was the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Heroin Signature Program lab in Sterling, Virgin…
Barbara Tasch,Pamela Engel
Sep 28 2015 11:32 IST
Here's Why Heroin Is Spreading To US Suburbs
As painkillers increased in popularity in U.S. suburbs, states began cracking down on abuse, making…
Pamela Engel
Apr 23 2014 21:01 IST
We have a clearer picture of who's fueling the US heroin epidemic - and how they're doing it
The Sinaloa cartel, regarded as the most powerful drug-trafficking cartel in the Western Hemisphere…
Christopher Woody
Nov 15 2015 23:33 IST
Why Heroin Relapse Often Ends In Death
When it enters the brain, heroin is converted back into morphine, which binds to molecules on cells…
Lauren F Friedman
Feb 03 2014 23:06 IST
Here's where America's heroin comes from
Heroin production in Mexico is concentrated in areas along the west coast, including in the mountai…
Christopher Woody,Reuters
Mar 03 2016 18:29 IST
The city where Democrats are holding their national convention has become a 'mecca' for heroin users
Though Mexican suppliers may be fragmented, they remain responsive to market demand. "The heroin su…
Christopher Woody
Jul 25 2016 14:09 IST
The US heroin habit is growing, and 2 of Mexico's most powerful cartels are fighting to supply it
"The heroin market in the United States has been historically divided along the Mississippi River, …
Christopher Woody
Sep 28 2016 20:27 IST
Heroin use has quadrupled - and 2 factors are to blame
Because we also have opioid receptors in our brain stem - the body's main control center that is in…
Erin Brodwin,Associated Press
Jul 11 2015 13:00 IST
2 key factors are driving the 'heroin crisis' - and use has exploded
In recent surveys, nearly three in every 1,000 Americans said they used heroin in the previous year…
Erin Brodwin,Associated Press
Jul 08 2015 14:33 IST
The Heroin Users Of Today Are Drastically Different From 50 Years Ago
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association backs up that assertion. T…
Pamela Engel
May 28 2014 22:20 IST
The fear of using heroin is going away - and what comes next could be terrifying
Their transition from Oxy to heroin ... was a natural and easy one. Oxy addicts began by sucking on…
Harrison Jacobs
Mar 07 2016 20:52 IST
The heroin crisis is so bad in one US county that there were 16 overdoses in one day
"Heroin makes someone calm and a little bit sleepy, but if you take too much then you can fall asle…
Barbara Tasch
Aug 29 2015 12:45 IST
One type of legal drug is killing far more people than heroin - and deaths just hit record numbers
Because we also have opioid receptors in our brain stem - the body's main control center that is in…
Erin Brodwin
Dec 18 2015 19:23 IST
The arrest of this alleged Mexican cartel member in Ohio says a lot about America's heroin addiction
While there are many possible explanations for this change, one thing is certain: The product has c…
Harrison Jacobs
Nov 20 2015 22:10 IST
The heroin crisis is so bad in one US county that there were 16 overdoses in one day
The number of heroin addicts in the US has sharply risen over the last decade, and with it the numb…
Barbara Tasch
Aug 25 2015 20:07 IST
Why Heroin Use Is Skyrocketing Across The US
The reason may come down to basic economics: Illegally obtained prescription pain killers have beco…
Pamela Engel
Jan 15 2014 22:35 IST
U.S. Attorney General: Rise In Heroin Overdoses Is 'Urgent Public Health Crisis'
"When confronting the problem of substance abuse, it makes sense to focus attention on the most dan…
Mar 10 2014 10:03 IST
A Dangerous New Form Of Heroin Is Spreading Across America
The acetyl fentanyl overdoses in Rhode Island last year were the first documented cases of the synt…
Pamela Engel
Jan 27 2014 21:30 IST