High school athletes are often enjoying the best season of their lives. During this pivotal moment in their physical and personal development, they are playing a sport that they...

It is a frightening time to be suffering from drug addiction. While the disease of addiction–also referred to as drug dependence– has been recognized as a world health issue...

Frontline on PBS recently released a documentary entitled Chasing Heroin.  The investigational piece covers America’s heroin crisis, ranging from personal struggles of drug dependent individuals and their families, to...

Heroin dependence is emerging as a national epidemic, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reporting that rates of heroin abuse quadrupled between 2002 and 2013. The...

Heroin addiction and abuse among first-time users has increased by nearly 60 percent in the last decade, from about 90,000 to 156,000 new users a year, according to the...

What is Heroin? Heroin, technically called diacetylmorphine, is approximately two to three times more potent than opium, from which it comes. It has no known medicinal uses and is...

“How does heroin make you feel” and “how does heroin feel like” are two common questions typed into search engines these days. There are as many answers to those...

“How long does heroin stay in your system?” is a common question among recreational drug users hoping to pass a drug test for a job. It is also a...

More than 4 million Americans tried heroin in 2011 alone. Each year, millions more use heroin to get high. About 23 percent of people who use heroin become dependent...