U.S.
A blurry line divides addicts and dealers in heroin underworld
Users often sell drugs to support their addiction, and dealers develop habits of their own
Users often sell drugs to support their addiction, and dealers develop habits of their own
Democrat Mary Lou Marzian said her bill requiring wife's note, doctor visits before Viagra is about "family values"
As heroin-related deaths rise amid crackdown on painkillers, states are slow on harm reduction, treatment, advocates say
Doctors on front lines in fighting painkiller abuse get little guidance on when and at what dosage to prescribe opioids
With hundreds of overdose deaths annually, state is ground zero of drug scourge and the politics of what to do about it
America’s substance-abuse epidemic is caused in part by growing inequality and the deprivation and despair it creates
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has demanded that Martin Shkreli appear at a hearing on drug prices
Amid US opioid epidemic, the number of babies born in withdrawal nearly tripled from 2000 to 2009
Federal authorities are facilitating a proxy war between doctors and pharmacists, and patients are caught in the middle
In part 8 of ‘America left behind,’ Al Jazeera looks at the human impact of skyrocketing prescription drug prices
