Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago have concluded that heroin addiction among young people in the US is costing the state more than $ 50 billion annually.

A delegation of the International Narcotics Control Board of the United Nations, chaired by Judge Bernard Layuri, visited the Ministry of Social Solidarity's Treatment and Addiction Fund to learn 

Brussels - Overdoses of drugs cause more deaths in Europe, where new types of substances that are dangerous on health are spreading, according to the annual report of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction 

The latest findings from the largest European project in the emerging science of wastewater analysis are presented by the Europe-wide SCORE group, in association with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA)

Hydromorphone was as effective as pharmaceutical heroin for opioid addiction treatment, but it was associated with fewer serious side-effects, according to results from the SALOME trial 

The American program "Doctors" broadcasted on the "CBS" channel showed shocking footage that reveals the impact of cocaine on the heart.