Heroin

Narcan rapidly reverses the effects of an overdose from opioids such as heroin, methadone, fentanyl and morphine.

“Don’t worry, those are people that are tied to me...They are Taliban."

Researchers analyzed how to distinguish drug users from non-drug users via fingerprint samples.

“I remember when [Trump] was running for president, he talked about how beautiful New Hampshire was and how the drug problem here didn’t make sense, and I agreed,” said Rachel Behrens, who lives in the Manchester area and lost her 19-year-old son to a Fentanyl overdose last year. “At that time my son was alive, and now he isn’t. It’s way too late.”

This comes as overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans under 50.

The 24-year-old teacher, Samantha Cox, is seen in the video acting strangely in an empty classroom early Wednesday morning.

The human race has grappled with addiction for a very long time.

The photo "displays exactly what heroin addiction is," she says.

These six new enforcement teams will be located in states across the U.S.

The name comes from a word meaning "heroic."

Mixing the powerful drug fentanyl into heroin has become such a common practice among drug dealers that a slang term is now used for when a customer overdoses: “the fentanyl dance.”

Researchers say the new approach is ready for human trials.

Among white users, prescription opioids seem to be a gateway drug to heroin.

West Virginia has the nation's highest rate of opioid overdoses, according to the CDC.

The report also confirms that white, middle-aged adults are being hit hardest by the opioid epidemic.

Despite fiery rhetoric, Trump's promises to get tough on drugs have only led to vague policy measures.

140 people die every day as a result of drug overdoses, says Michael Botticelli.

Prescription Xanax was responsible for more overdoses in 2014 than morphine, meth and hydrocodone.

In another first, there were more deaths due to to heroin than traditional opioid painkillers since the late 1990s.

When law enforcement and physicians started cracking down on prescription opiates, they created scarcity in the marketplace. Enter heroin, which is now more affordable than prescription pain pills.

After almost a decade of declining illicit drug use, a new study suggests that four percent more tests are coming up positive for drug use in American workers.

Territory battles between gangs over new customers attracted by cheap heroin have resulted in terrible consequences for those caught in the crossfire.

Jack Fishman’s widow is fighting for policy changes that will help treat America’s growing opioid problem.

The United Nations estimates that $28 billion worth of heroin and opium is trafficked from Afghanistan to Western Europe each year.

Deaths from the synthetic opiate look like early signs of a lethal new chapter in the U.S.'s surging addiction crisis.

The report assessed checks at Manchester Airport.