Bryan Kohberger's sister revealed that he once overcame a heroin addiction before pursuing higher education. Kohberger is ...

Melissa Kohberger describes how family members have tried to reconcile the horror of the killings with the son and brother ...

Taken from Thursday’s edition of KIRO Nights with Jack Stine. Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is set to take on the top U.S. opioid distributors in a trial starting Monday, Nov. 15. The trial ...

The number of young Long Islanders in treatment for heroin addiction more than doubled from 2007 to 2009, flooding rehabilitation centers with thousands of complex cases. "All of our treatment systems ...

Governor Peter Shumlin has said his state is at the center of “a full-blown heroin crisis” that is plaguing the whole country. Heroin use in Vermont has risen dramatically in the past 12 years. This ...

Undergoing major surgery can be a daunting experience, and managing postoperative pain effectively is crucial for a smooth recovery. Opiates are commonly prescribed to alleviate severe pain following ...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. — Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the word “PEER,” Joy Bogese approaches people struggling with drug addiction the way a teacher might approach a reluctant student — gently, ...

Twenty-four percent of US adolescent treatment centers do not use a “lifesaving” medication. An article appeared today in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Treatments Used Among ...

Sophie Casalini doesn't remember the 30 minutes she drove with her daughter on I-465 nearly two years ago. She remembers injecting the heroin down the street from her dealer’s house. She remembers ...

Frank Blazquez, "The Gallegos Twins from Belen, NM" (2019) (all images courtesy the artist) SANTA FE, NM — For New Mexico-based self-taught artist Frank Blazquez, his portrait photography, mixed-media ...

The growing availability of heroin, combined with programs aimed at curbing prescription painkiller abuse, may be changing the face of opiate addiction in the U.S., according to sociologists. While ...

The numbers differ, depending on who you listen to, but the idea that we are losing 65 to 100 people each day in this country to fatal opiate overdoses is sad, stunning, and not surprising. How and ...