As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared for his first Senate confirmation hearing to be the U.S.'s top health official in January 2025, some people online called attention to his past as an alleged heroin ...

Those numbers show an increase in usage at what seems like a staggering rate, but the totals are all still very, very tiny. Maine has the highest treatment admission rate for heroin, according to a ...

There is a black market for buprenorphin, an approved drug for opioid addiction. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Months in prison didn’t rid Daryl of his addiction to opioids. “Before I left the ...

Life can feel like a soap opera when you have someone addicted to drama in your circle. These folks always seem to stir the pot and somehow never own up to their part in the chaos. Instead, they point ...

A mum kicked her £500-a-week decade-long heroin addiction after getting hooked on the drug when trying it to “show off” in front of her sister. Shannon Ashley, 30, tried heroin at aged 13 and ...

Is Häagen-Dazs ice cream as addictive as heroin? Or, put another way, is heroin as addictive as Häagen-Dazs? Depending on how you phrase the question, you’re either asking whether heroin addiction is ...