Heroin

Losing her son to addiction turned this mother into an advocate for people with substance abuse disorders.

A drug which eats the flesh from inside out is rapidly spreading across America. Overdoses are hard to treat, and many may be unaware they're taking it.

Xylazine has spread to 36 states as addicts use it to prolong their high.

Marijuana legalization is supported across the political spectrum, but the president's announcement is unlikely to sway voters, according to one strategist.

Police said there was more heroin and cocaine found in the woman's car.

He was admitted to hospital in Wisconsin 34 times in one year because of his addictions

Deputies said Alabama woman Amanda Malpas could be charged with murder following the death of her newborn baby.

Police in Oregon said the baby boy had been found virtually unresponsive and was suffering from severe dehydration, malnourishment and severe diaper rash.

The mayor took some criticism on social media after he compared the dairy product to the opioid on Monday.

Investigators were told by two witnesses that they saw a Jeep Cherokee drive onto the shoulder, hit the cyclist, then keep driving.

The roughly 849 pounds of heroin were destroyed at sea by U.S. forces after being seized by an international naval task force.

Provisional CDC data shows more than 53,000 Americans died of opioid-related drug overdoses in 2021.

In November, a jury convicted Harris of first-degree murder, solicitation of murder, and delivery of a controlled substance causing death in 2014.

A man pleaded not guilty in a Vermont court Wednesday to two counts of aggravated murder related to a 2018 shooting allegedly over $20,000 in drug money.

Jason Harris from Michigan was convicted Wednesday of spiking his wife's cereal with heroin in 2014, which led to her death.

Border Patrol officers said that such packages are often equipped with a GPS tracker to allow smugglers to locate the drugs after they're dropped by the drone.

The children were removed from the parents after it was found they had been the victims of serious neglect.

The group is accused of stealing more than $950,000 "in motor vehicles, firearms, tools.. and other items to maintain their lifestyles."

"From the start, the mission was flawed by design," Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, said of the Afghanistan War.

"We're trying to prevent people from dying by taking these drugs," one organizer said. "[Regulate drugs]...because the street supply is unpredictable.""

Officers used a canine team to assist with inspection of the woman's car and eventually discovered 24 packages of heroin hidden in the tires.

A loaded Glock 17 and 62.6 grams of heroin were among discoveries made by LAPD officers in relation to the 33-year-old's arrest, police documents reportedly state.

Police in Texas said the baby's mother, Destiney Harbour, 21, had given birth at home in August and the infant had received no formal medical care since then.

The visibly nervous suspect was stopped by traffic control in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain.

Six people were arrested in New York City on Thursday night after authorities said they uncovered a drug "mill" that was distributing a large amount of heroin and fentanyl, some of it stamped with "Coronavirus" and "24 Black Mamba" branding.

Chris Taylor, a city councilman in Safford, was revived by paramedics after his wife found him unresponsive at home.

After being arrested on New Year's Day while burgling a house, Daniel Gregory Franco tried to convince the cops to let him go by offering them some heroin.

In an appearance on CNN, the Republican congressman stressed that marijuana legalization has a generational divide, rather than a partisan one.

Placencia told authorities he knew nothing about the drugs and was planning on eating the goat's intestines which he had allegedly purchased from a California rancher for $140.

A five-year-old boy in Holyoke, Massachusetts, reportedly brought a bag of heroin to school that was allegedly taken from his home.