Heroin was first introduced in 1898 as an upgrade to morphine. At the time, morphine was the latest and greatest cough-suppressing medicine for people with asthma. While heroin is a much stronger ...

Sept. 26, 2012 was the day that Delvoris Bryant transformed her life. Known in addiction circles as a sobriety date – the first day a person gets clean and the last day they didn’t use – that is when ...

In a small blue house in Northern California, a mom surrounded by three children, three cats and a dog has quietly saved the lives of hundreds of people addicted to opioids, including heroin. On ...

Heroin addiction can severely impact a person’s life and the lives of their friends and family. A person experiencing heroin addiction may not wish to discuss the fact that they take heroin with ...

Perhaps it was something Assistant Richmond Commonwealth's Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill said in her summary arguments last week in Richmond Circuit Court. Or perhaps it was simply that Edward Baker, ...

On social media, Tracey Helton is known as the "heroine of heroin," as she mails out doses of the generic version of Narcan, the drug that revives people after an overdose, to those who ask for it.