Heroin is an illegal drug that people use for its euphoric effects. However, it can lead to addiction and cause severe side effects and withdrawal symptoms. Treatment for heroin addiction involves ...

The man Donald Trump has chosen to lead the United States’ health system claimed that doing heroin helped him become a better student — the same month he said that people on Adderall should be sent to ...

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 ...

Dec. 15--The number of Connecticut residents who have died of heroin overdoses has ballooned from 257 in 2013 to a projected death toll of 381 for 2015. The question is why. Solely focusing on ...

Christian Democratic Party leader Reverend Fred Nile has called on Premier Barry O'Farrell to support a trial of the experimental treatment, based on a program in Western Australia run by Dr George ...

HOUSTON -- The heroin epidemic has spiraled out of control in some parts of the U.S., and several dozen people have overdosed in Ohio after authorities there found they took heroin laced with a ...

"I did very, very poorly in school until I started doing narcotics," Trump's health secretary nominee said in a resurfaced interview about his former substance abuse John Nacion/Getty Robert F.

Families ruined by heroin addiction share their stories. — -- Aaron Smith held up a needle he used to shoot heroin. “More or less this is all you need,” the 22-year-old said. It's what he called ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- DuPage County officials are warning the public about the dangers of heroin and fentanyl following a recent spike in deaths associated with the powerful drugs. "I didn't plan ...