Officials across U.S. consider drug shoot-up rooms
In response to heroin epidemic, some want to allow medically-supervized drug sites to reduce risk of overdoses
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Parents refuse to bury truth about son's heroin overdose death
At a funeral for their 20-year-old son, grieving parents weren't holding back
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Ohio has been hit hard by the heroin epidemic and is taking extra measures, including drug courts, to reduce the deaths and incarcerations caused by the drug
Maine could be first to OK medical pot to treat addicts
Nearly 30 medical marijuana caregivers and patients told state regulators at a hearing on Tuesday that marijuana eases the symptoms of opioid withdrawal
Mother of overdose victim wins praise for blunt obit
After her daughter died from a heroin overdose, she hoped the tragedy would help raise awareness of the "merciless" disease of addiction
West Virginia doctor investigated for deaths in opioid epidemic
Dr. Michael Kostenko has written more than 40,000 prescriptions for oxycodone in the last two years -- 3 of his patients have died
"Safe space" for heroin addicts sparks controversy
Boston center aims to protect addicts from overdosing, but some worry it could encourage more drug use
California lawmaker wants to allow supervised heroin use
Proponents say the plan would cut down on overdoses, but law enforcement fears it will worsen addiction
Opioid overdoses kill 10 people in 12 days in Sacramento area
Doctors are sounding the alarm about fentanyl, an opioid so powerful that one pill is enough to kill
Obama: U.S. opioid epidemic as great a threat as terrorism
Across the country, opioid deaths -- whether caused by pain pills or heroin -- jumped 372 percent from 2000 to 2014
Pregnant heroin addicts seek treatment at Pittsburgh program
Without this treatment, up to 80 percent of babies of opiate users have withdrawal symptoms when they're born
New guidelines aim to reduce painkiller abuse
Doctors prescribe enough opioid painkillers each year for every adult in the U.S. to have a bottle; experts say that has to change
Mislabeled painkillers "a fatal overdose waiting to happen"
Officials warn of opioid painkillers spiked with potentially lethal doses of fentanyl
Video catches Pa. police saving overdosed man on bus
A 25-year-old is seen in surveillance footage near Philly shooting up heroin and passing out dramatically on the floor of a bus
Drug distributors under fire in West Virginia painkiller epidemic
In an unprecedented lawsuit, drug distributors and pharmacies are being sued for negligence in West Virginia's growing painkiller addiction problem
West Virginia allows painkiller addicts to sue prescribing doctors
The DEA is investigating dozens of doctors throughout the state of West Virginia, where painkiller addicts are now suing the doctors who got them hooked
After painkiller overdoses, patients continue to get drugs
Study finds "shocking" pattern of continuing opioid prescriptions that could put patients at risk
The biggest drug threats in America today
The head of the DEA talks about the latest trends in America's addiction crisis
Heroin addict films her own detox
19-year-old heroin addict says she made a video on the night she hit "rock bottom" as a reminder of how low she was that night
Schools stock up on heroin overdose antidote
In some communities with high rates of opioid abuse, school nurses say they need the option
Heroin epidemic hits Vermont community hard
Rutland, Vermont, struggles to make progress against a dangerous foe
Littlest victims of America's heroin epidemic
One mother describes struggling with an addiction that seemed "more important to me than my children"
Families open up about heroin addiction
Use among 18- to 25-year-olds has more than doubled, leaving families and communities struggling to cope
Heroin use rising among women and wealthy
"Alarming" increases driven by prescription opioid epidemic and cheaper, more available heroin
Narcotic painkillers in pregnancy can harm baby
Study finds use of opioid painkillers during pregnancy is leading to problems for newborns
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