Report: Number of US heroin users rose 300K over a decade
The number of U.S. heroin users has grown by nearly 300,000 over a decade, with the bulk of the increase among whites, according to a new government report.
Prostitute in Google exec case linked to 2nd death
Two months before police say a high-priced prostitute calmly left a Google executive dying from a heroin overdose on his yacht, the woman panicked on the phone with a 911 dispatcher as her boyfriend lay on the floor of their home in the throes of a fatal overdose.
Georgia couple arrested for heroin
Two Georgia residents have been arrested for allegedly trafficking heroin into the Golden Triangle.
Jamie Wallace, 19, and Michael Pamfilis, 24, both of Atlanta, were arrested Monday by agents with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Unit.
Myanmar opium fight failing; soldiers, police shooting up
Every morning, more than 100 heroin and opium addicts descend on the graveyard in this northeastern Myanmar village to get high. When authorities show up, it’s for their own quick fix: Soldiers and police roll up the sleeves of their dark green uniforms, seemingly oblivious to passers-by.
Heroin on the rise in Mississippi
Heroin, a deadly drug that plagues other areas of the nation, is on the rise in South Mississippi.
‘Killer heroin’ causing fatal overdoses in East
On an icy night last month, a man entered a grocery store here, walked past the displays of cake mix and paper towels, and went into the bathroom, where he injected himself with heroin.
New wave of heroin claims Hoffman and others
Heroin was supposed to be an obsolete evil, a blurry memory of a dangerous drug that dwelled in some dark recess of American culture.
Officials: N.Y. suspect had Hoffman’s cell number
At least one of four people arrested during an investigation of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s suspected fatal heroin overdose had the actor’s cellphone number, two law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Police: Hoffman’s heroin didn’t have additive
Heroin recovered at Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s apartment after he was found there dead with a syringe in his arm has tested negative for the powerful additive fentanyl, a police official said Tuesday.
Official: Heroin in packets in Hoffman’s N.Y.home
Tests have confirmed there was heroin in at least some of the scores of plastic packets in the apartment where Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead, a law enforcement official said Monday, and authorities are working to determine whether the drug was mixed or tainted with anything else.
United Nations says Afghan opium production hits record high
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s opium production surged this year to record levels, despite international efforts over the past decade to wean the country off the
8 kilograms of heroin seized in Rankin Co.
PEARL — Rankin County authorities say they made a major heroin bust after a traffic stop on Interstate 20. WLBT-TV reports that eight kilograms of
Russia: Surgeon stole heroin found in stomach
MOSCOW — Russian police say they have arrested a surgeon who stole some of the heroin he had been called on to extract from the
Heroin, thousands in cash seized in Laurel bust
LAUREL — Laurel police chief Tyrone Stewart says three people have been arrested in a drug bust that also resulted in the confiscation of a
FBI arrests Sumrall in child porn case
Noel Everett Sumrall, 66, was arrested Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sumrall had been out on bond, which had been set at $7,500, before being indicted in federal court on Aug. 30 on child pornography charges.
Surprise: Drug bust leads to discovery of $1 million in heroin
Four months after making an arrest for what local law enforcement officials believed to be a large amount of cocaine, testing has shown to have also included a large amount of heroin, a drug not common to Columbus.
Coroner: MSU student died of cocaine, heroin overdose
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State University student found dead in an off-campus apartment more than a week ago died from an accidental drug overdose, Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt said.
Hunt received toxicology results from the state medical examiner, which showed Teresa Ann Veal, 20, died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin.