By Will Godfrey

Woman's Decapitation Linked to Social Network Posts on Zetas Cartel, White Suburbanites Go from Pain Pills to Heroin, and Man Who Gave Beer to Firefighters Says Sorry. MORE  

By Will Godfrey

Massachusetts Overdose Kits Save 1,000 Lives, 79 Arrested in Ohio Meth Bust, and Paris Hilton Gets Out of Coke Case Probation. MORE  

By Will Godfrey

WHO Calls for More Tobacco and Alcohol Taxes, Meth Lab Clean-Ups Cost the Earth, and 72 Bags of Cocaine Found in Irishman's Belly. MORE  

By Will Godfrey

Medical Experts Say Alcohol Is Obscenely Cheap, Counseling May Not Help Pregnant Smokers Quit, and Medical Marijuana Clinic Owner "Influenced" Voters with Her Free Samples. MORE  

By Ariel Nagi

Facing a long prison sentence for drug-trafficking, Victoria Scripps-Carmody is forced to detox behind bars in Vermont. MORE  

By Will Godfrey

Factory Mills Feed Ravenous NYC Heroin Market, Vietnam's Addicts Produce "Blood Cashews" in Labor Camps, and Seized Vodka Contained De-Icer. MORE  

By Will Godfrey

Jamaican Kingpin Christopher Coke Pleads Guilty, Vietnam to Execute Six Traffickers, and Addicts Enter Drug Court Art Show. MORE  

By Jennifer Matesa

As overdoses across the world soar, thousands of people rally to remember the victims, while trying to prevent more deaths. MORE  

By Will Godfrey

ATF Chief Axed After Botched Mexican Border Operation, California Pol Killed After Stumbling on Secret Opium Farm, and Marc Jacobs' Junkie Past. MORE  

By Patty Powers

As a little girl, Patty Powers idolized the addicts she saw in pop culture. Later she followed in their footsteps. But when the needle stopped providing relief, she had to find another way out. MORE