If you've been to enough gas stations, you know that some of them have a sketchy reputation --- and a product known as "gas station heroin" that's being sold at rest stops is not helping the image.

“Gas station heroin” is rising in popularity and health officials are sounding the alarms of its potential consequences. The items are the brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, ...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public about a drug that has not been approved. Tianeptine, an opioid commonly referred to as "gas station heroin," is putting public health at risk, ...

Why? People have discovered the pain relief benefits of Kratom and how it can aid weaning off other, stronger, substances like Opiates. Still not entirely sure what Kratom is, or how on earth its ...

Opioid withdrawal can consist of different symptoms at varying severities. Calculating an opioid withdrawal score provides insight for your doctor when it comes to customizing your treatment and ...

A new drug dubbed ‘flysky’ is spreading through the US, with officials warning it can kill. The drug is being sold throughout the Pittsburgh region, with at least two overdose deaths recorded in the ...

Twenty-four percent of US adolescent treatment centers do not use a “lifesaving” medication. An article appeared today in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Treatments Used Among ...

A dangerous new drug adulterant is spreading through America’s illicit opioid supply, and it’s making overdoses significantly harder to reverse. Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative normally used to ...

Centre County is taking steps to participate in a different round of opiate settlement funding. County commissioners approved ...