Heroin

...of young men -- Skylar's former friends -- testify against him. Some re-create the day of Alicia's first overdose: She'd shot up in the car after a trip to D.C. to buy heroin. When she stopped breathing, Skylar had slapped her face, told her...

In this article: Leonie M. Brinkema and Virginia Commonwealth University

Caitlin's Story Sometimes guest Achenblogger Caitlin Gibson today gives us an in-depth look at a heroin ring among teenagers in the Washington suburbs. It's the first of a two-part article in the Style section. Pretty scary reading for those...

In this article: Cocaine, Barbiturate, Anxiety, and Washington

...Daood Saleem Gilani, say he aided Drug Enforcement Agency agents monitor an operation involving smuggling of a huge consignment of heroin and cocaine. The fact that Headley-Gilani's birthplace on his American passport is listed as...

In this article: Philadelphia, US, Washington, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago, and Tax

...it began operations here in 2005. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium -- the raw ingredient in heroin -- and the illicit drug trade is a major source of funding for insurgent groups. Associated Press Writer Heidi Vogt in...

In this article: U.S., Taliban, Afghanistan, Kabul, Washington, Iraq conflict, Opium, and Drug Enforcement Administration

"It's more of a struggle for us when the parents just see heroin or cocaine as the dangerous drugs and sort of turn their heads with marijuana," said Carol Porto, who runs an inpatient drug treatment center in Calvert County. Most...

In this article: Marijuana, California, On the merits, Cannabis, and National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

...forces in Afghanistan. Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen claimed that the Taliban extorts money from poppy farmers and heroin traffickers involved in Afghanistan''s booming drug trade. It also demands protection...

In this article: Al Qaeda, Taliban, US Treasury, Afghanistan, American Bar Association, Barack Obama, and U.S.

...that's sometimes an answer. Other kids said that they would try to defeat those tests by taking other medications that counteracted the heroin somehow, or by asking friends/siblings for their urine instead, etc. Washington, D.C.: Caitlin:...

In this article: Centreville, Virginia, Anxiety, and Washington, D.C