POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Police say heroin is taking over as the "drug of choice" locally, and police officials plan to use all their resources to prevent the drug from getting a foothold in Poplar Bluff.

Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo (left) and Mayor Miro Weinberger Credit: File: Terri Hallenbeck Mayor Miro Weinberger and Police Chief Brandon del Pozo say the Queen City needs a better ...

A bipartisan group of bills has been working its way through the Ohio House of Representatives since last fall. Together, the bills are intended to stop more people from becoming addicted by ...

Editor’s Note: As we mark International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, and National Recovery Month in September, Homeland Security Today contributor Robert Patterson – former Acting ...

Since the Harrison Act of 1914 and until 2001 when new laws were passed about buprenorphine, (which will be discussed later,) narcotics have been products that have been “controlled” in the sense that ...

The use of liquefied black tar heroin has become increasingly prevalent among teens and young adults in the Friendswood area. The Friendswood Alliance for Youth and Families held a presentation about ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first part of a series looking at the heroin problem in Chautauqua County. Here’s the dilemma. In a county of approximately 134,000 people, heroin – the deadly and highly ...

Attorney General Mike DeWine said no magical antidote exists for the heroin epidemic in Ohio and around the country. But during a forum at Springfield Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, he said ...

In response to increased heroin traffic from Lebanese and Turkish cartels, the Swiss government passed a law in 1975 that ...