A FORMER heroin addict who copes with having a criminal record has said the proposed decriminalisation of drugs for personal ...

People look at me and probably think I’m a privileged, vaguely together, ageing mother and wife,” says Sarah Hiscox. It would ...

What once appeared to be the picture-perfect life of an international supermodel was, behind the scenes, a living nightmare.

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

Despite a push to expand medication-assisted treatment for drug addiction, wait times in L.A. County jails are leading to ...

Heroin was once the scourge of the urban poor, but today the typical user is a young, white suburbanite, a study finds. And the path to addiction usually starts with prescription painkillers. A survey ...

Paris Jackson has revealed she battled a heroin addiction she kept out of the limelight. The King of Pop's only daughter opened up on her various struggles in a personal post on Tuesday, ...

In postwar America, an epidemic of heroin addiction swept the world of jazz. Greats who developed a habit included John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, and Charlie Parker. Nowadays, jazz has an ...

Athletes, actors, politicians, and others often develop substance abuse disorders and some die from drug-related deaths. At the same time, their life history, drug use, and risk-taking shows the rest ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Afghanistan's fight against drug addiction, .