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 ...

Hollywood and much of the Western world was shocked by the sudden passing of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in February of 2014. Reports rapidly circulated that Hoffman, 46, was found dead from an ...

This is the first of a three-part series examining heroin usage in Southwest Florida. Thursday’s piece will show the faces of addiction. Friday’s story will focus on the people heroin hurts the most ...

The number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade, with the bulk of the increase among whites, according to a new government report. Experts think the increase was driven by ...

Robin Clements, 33, from St. Louis, tells her story about the effects drugs have had on her life, starting from when she was 11 years-old when she first used alcohol and pot to her current struggles ...

“Buying drugs isn’t about choice anymore – it’s about whatever’s available.” That’s how many drug users in northern Mexico describe how local illicit drug markets have transformed over the past decade ...

Can heroin users balance drug use with a normal life? VICE explores the hidden world of 'functioning' heroin users. Trump promises mass pardons to staff before leaving office I Dream of Jeannie's ...