To understand how heroin took hold in rural America, you need to go back two decades and look at the surge of prescription drug use in Portsmouth, Ohio, according to journalist Sam Quinones. A Rust ...

The epidemic of opioid abuse that's swept the U.S. has left virtually no community unscathed, from big cities to tiny towns. In fact, drug overdose is now the leading cause of injury death in this ...

Jefferson County, MO (KSDK) - A Jefferson County woman is hoping to recruit the spiritual community into the fight against heroin. Mona Hunt has spent her professional life working with at-risk ...

MARION, Ohio (AP) — The usual handwringing over the heroin problem turned into panic in this small city in May when a supercharged blue-tinted batch from Chicago sent more than 30 overdose victims to ...

West Virginia has the highest drug overdose death rate in the country. New Yorker writer Margaret Talbot interviewed addicts, their families and... What Happens When The Heroin Epidemic Hits Small ...

Escalating heroin and prescription painkiller abuse in Ohio drew state and local attention Wednesday as officials from both searched independently for ways to stem the growing number of overdose ...

If you are a heroin addict in Middletown, Ohio, the city is considering a controversial proposal that could have an impact on whether or not you get help the next time you overdose on your drug of ...

WINDHAM, Conn. (WTNH) — A region of Connecticut formerly known as “Heroin Town” is celebrating a new chapter as “Recovery Town”. The Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery’s Windham Recovery ...

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