Heroin was first introduced in 1898 as an upgrade to morphine. At the time, morphine was the latest and greatest cough-suppressing medicine for people with asthma. While heroin is a much stronger ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to treat severe pain. But more than 150 people die every day from overdoses related to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There are growing concerns about a potentially dangerous substance known commonly as "gas station heroin," an alleged dietary supplement called tianeptine that can mimic an opioid ...