I started using opioids when I was 8 and heroin by age 13. Becoming a mom helped me overcome my drug addiction. Erin Khar tried opioids when she was 8 years old and was doing heroin by age 13. She is ...

More American teenagers are staying away from alcohol, marijuana and nicotine — but two other vices are growing in use, according to a national survey released Wednesday.

Teens who use prescription opioids to get high are more likely to start using heroin by high school graduation, according to a USC study released Monday. "Prescription opioids and heroin activate the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One day in 2021, Christopher M. bought what he believed to be heroin from his regular drug dealer. He and a woman he used drugs with went back to their hotel room, a place they ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Heroin addiction is a problem with a changing face. Once, it hit only small pockets of the population. But today, it’s so widespread, those hooked on heroin say no one can ...

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — New statistics from the Centers for Disease Control are showing the wide-ranging effects of the opiate epidemic. A new report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows ...

If you are worried someone close to you is using heroin, here's a list of resources to help you and your family get the help needed. Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most ...

(FOX News) -- A Little Caesars manager in Indiana and her boyfriend were arrested after they were allegedly high on heroin and preparing food with open sores on their body, police said. Sasha Fletcher ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The woman accused of shooting heroin while giving birth, killing her newborn, was granted a bond during her first court appearance. Amanda Malpas, 34, was arrested on Thursday ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A Lewistown man was arrested after police said he passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle with his two small children inside. Zachary Knepp, 26, had multiple bags of heroin ...

Nov. 13—A man admitted to credit card fraud to support his nearly $140-a-day heroin habit he shares with his girlfriend. On Nov. 8, Tahlequah Police Lt. Dexter Scott met with a woman in regard to a ...