With the heroin addiction and overdose epidemic reaching astronomical levels in Northeast Ohio, regional leaders are coming to grips with the dearth of treatment centers in some areas. In Medina, for ...

The number of young Long Islanders in treatment for heroin addiction more than doubled from 2007 to 2009, flooding rehabilitation centers with thousands of complex cases. "All of our treatment systems ...

Heroin withdrawal is painful. Some medications help ease patients through the experience, and one method claims to be relatively pain-free. However, a study published in this week's Journal of the ...

What’s the best way to treat the most serious heroin addiction? Giving addicts therapeutic doses of heroin itself may be cheaper and more effective than methadone, according to a new Canadian study.

Syracuse, N.Y. – A heroin addict turned counselor who publicly shared his story of recovery to inspire others struggling with addiction has been accused of sexually abusing four patients at a Syracuse ...

WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Millions of Americans are addicted to prescription pills, and switching over to heroin at alarming rates. By midnight, 78 more people will die of overdoses. Now senators ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Federal prosecutors say two men sold fentanyl-laced heroin at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago. Prosecutors said one of the veterans at the hospital overdosed on the drugs ...