Heroin

Child welfare advocates in Ohio say children have become the "invisible victims" of the opioid crisis as more kids are put into foster care and funding…

Hamilton County law enforcement officials are trying something new to curb the recent spike in heroin overdoses. Prosecutor Joe Deters and other county...

The head of a Cincinnati-area drug task force is calling on the state to declare a public health emergency to free up more resources for fighting…

An Ohio county coroner fears the Cincinnati area has been used as a "test tube" by heroin dealers for use of a powerful animal tranquilizer.Hamilton…

Cincinnati-area authorities say lab tests confirm that heroin seized in a recent arrest was mixed with a powerful tranquilizer for elephants.Hamilton…

CINCINNATI (AP) - Police in Cincinnati are asking for the public's help in finding the source of the suspected heroin behind an estimated 78 overdoses in…

State leaders say a committee of experts plan to study drug-use prevention education in Ohio schools with orders to report back in three months.The…

The Franklin County Sheriff’s office says it made a major heroin bust on the city’s northwest side Tuesday. The Sheriff’s office says it arrested 26-year…

Unintentional overdoses leading to death due to heroin and opioids hit an all time high in 2014 and the issue continues to be called a state epidemic. In…

A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a man on a murder charge for allegedly selling a powerful painkiller that led to a deadly overdose.Prosecutors…