U.S.
Hard-core heroin addicts detox in heart of Philly’s drug market
The Last Stop recovery house in Kensington takes a tough-love, no-frills approach to beating addiction
The Last Stop recovery house in Kensington takes a tough-love, no-frills approach to beating addiction
Residents of high-poverty Fairhill neighborhood often see drug trade as best shot at a livable wage
Users often sell drugs to support their addiction, and dealers develop habits of their own
There is an appalling lack of outrage about crises afflicting poor black and Latino children
With Mardi Gras in full swing in 'The Big Easy,' police now have the added concern of heroin drug overdoses
As heroin-related deaths rise amid crackdown on painkillers, states are slow on harm reduction, treatment, advocates say
One year after spike in rural HIV cases, counties are left on their own to fund syringe programs
With hundreds of overdose deaths annually, state is ground zero of drug scourge and the politics of what to do about it
Candidates confront opioid epidemic with calls for rehabilitation but balk at wider drug policy reform
America’s substance-abuse epidemic is caused in part by growing inequality and the deprivation and despair it creates
