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What’s the best way to treat the most serious heroin addiction? Giving addicts therapeutic doses of heroin itself may be cheaper and more effective than methadone, according to a new Canadian study.

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Pueblo is seen from Interstate 25 in southern Colorado. Heroin abuse in the U.S. has gone up significantly over the past decade. In Colorado, the Pueblo area is the epicenter of the problem. Just 6 ...

In recent years, lawmakers have focused almost exclusively on stopping the flow of illicit fentanyl to combat the opioid overdose crisis. First appearing as a heroin additive in 2012, fentanyl largely ...

Readers respond to Nicholas Kristof’s column about his friend’s struggle with addiction. To the Editor: Re “The Prison Sentence That Saved My Friend’s Life,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, Feb. 9): My ...

Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help. Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — In the Flathead, a new Adult Drug Treatment Court is set to begin at the end of this year. The Montana Opioid Abatement Trust allocated funding to the 11th Judicial District Court ...