Nine people are arrested after police carry out raids following a six-month investigation.

Tim Harrison of Operation Lighthouse is determined to fight against a synthetic over-the-counter drug that, if misused, has ...

Probe under way to uncover the complete network, says DGP Gaurav Yadav ...

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A monoclonal antibody that targets heroin is effective in blocking the psychoactive and lethal effects of this drug of abuse in mice—offering a new strategy for heroin addiction and overdose treatment ...

Anyone who takes opioids can develop opioid use disorder (OUD), which includes addiction, whether they take prescription opioids or illegal opioids such as heroin. However, treatment and support are ...

Efforts by Purdue Pharma in 2010 to make its blockbuster prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin less prone to abuse did nothing to reduce the number of drug overdose deaths across the nation. In ...

The Eastern District of Louisiana announced the conclusion of a four-year, multi-agency narcotics investigation which resulted in several indictments, arrests and the seizure of drugs and firearms.

The medication naloxone is so effective at saving the lives of opioid overdose victims that some people worry that it might make drug users think heroin and related drugs are no longer risky. But a ...

As overdose deaths have broken records year after year in the U.S., a group of researchers has looked around the world for new treatment options to try and has landed on a counterintuitive method. A ...

Today’s population of heroin users (those who consumed the drug within the past 12 months) now has double the representation of women compared to a decade ago. According to a new report from the ...

A new study published in JAMA reports that many more adult Americans are using heroin than 20 years before. Earlier studies have shown a startling sevenfold increase in illnesses and deaths directly ...