The Latest Breaking News from Heroin

Forty-eight-year-old Thamar Smith of Hagerstown, in Washington County, Maryland, pleaded guilty to federal drug charges last week, the latest in a long line of American men who have contributed to the spread of heroin and fentanyl during an epidemic of opioid abuse that represents the tragic extent of despair across…

The author’s artfully constructed debut is a painfully comic and thrillingly immediate memoir about the torments of drug dependency

Christopher Skene, 36, and Samantha Walters, 37, of Cardiff, were involved in the sale of heroin, crack cocaine ,and cannabis

Former addicts, ex-policemen and grieving parents have formed an unlikely alliance to take on Government ministers they say are ignoring mounting evidence that the UK drugs policy needs to change

A Newcastle dad said he found himself addicted to heroin at the age of 26, just one week after trying the drug for the first time

An overview of court cases in our region this week

CHANDIGARH: Police arrested two peddlers with 40-gram heroin in the city in the past 24 hours. The accused have been identified as Deepak Nain, 32, of Nayagaon, Mohali, and Monu, 19, of Maloya.

Gareth Smith, of New Hartley, admitted possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply, producing cannabis and having an offensive weapon

PORTLAND, Ore. — Michelle Farris never expected to become homeless, but here she was, sifting through garbage and towering piles of debris accumulated along a roadway on the outskirts of Northeast Portland. Farris, 51, has spent much of her adult life in Oregon, and has vivid memories of this area…