It isn’t easy to get a job after serving time in prison.

"El Chapo" likely left a successor to continue in his steps.

An increase in heroin use has been reported in many states, in part in response to government efforts to restrict access to prescription opiates.

The Washington Post’s Lydia DePillis explains the deceptive advertising around weight-loss drugs.

Painkillers are some of the most abused drugs on the market. The FDA has been looking for ways to stem that abuse.

The FDA recommends making hydrocodone a Schedule II narcotic, like its more powerful relative, oxycodone.

There is a bail hearing Wednesday for the alleged mastermind behind the website Silk Road, where users could buy drugs, guns, and even hitmen.

The FBI has shut down Silk Road, the online anonymous black market.

The number of first-time heroin users in the U.S. is on the rise, and overall, heroin use went up 66 percent in 2011.

Amgen and AstraZeneca have both snapped up smaller firms that make cancer drugs.