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Mother speaks out after son dies following cocaine addiction

Gerard had been hospitalised 16 times with cocaine overdoses

Belfast Live

Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives

A mobile clinic in Baltimore is expanding access to buprenorphine, a medication that treats opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms

The Independent UK

In defence of the annoying fruit fly

Today, thousands of neuroscientists use fruit flies to study learning, memory, sleep, aggression, addiction and neural disorders – not to mention cancer and ageing, processes of development, the gut microbiome, stem cells, muscles and the heart.

The Hindu

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Trials find a potential drug to target cannabis addiction

The Hindu

Co Tyrone man opens up on alcohol addiction as he launches new podcast

After moving back to Northern Ireland, Darryl says his struggles with alcohol continued and culminated in him checking into a rehab clinic

Belfast Live

Gaming addiction suspected behind 2 minors’ suicide

The police are probing into the possibility of mobile game addiction behind the back-to-back suicide of two boys under the Vandanmedu police station limits in Idukki.

The Hindu

Over 800 prisoners left waiting for addiction services in Irish prisons

Sinn Féin’s spokesman for mental health Mark Ward warned that people who do not get proper care are more likely to reoffend when they leave prison.

Irish Mirror

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Jamie Laing's sister Emily says she tried to take her own life amid alcohol struggle

Emily Laing, sister of Made In Chelsea's Jamie Laing, opened up about the mental health struggles she experienced while battling an alcohol addiction

Daily Mirror

‘Once I picked up a drink I couldn’t stop’: Former Leeds and Reading manager Brian McDermott opens up on his alcohol addiction, getting sober and a new found peace

McDermott describes in detail how he first started drinking while at Arsenal in the 1970s and couldn't stop

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Peter Howson on his war art: ‘People were horrified. Then David Bowie bought it’

He was the official artist of the Bosnian conflict but paid a terrible price. The Scot, loved by celebrities from Bowie to Madonna, talks about the day he lost all hope, overcoming his addictions – and finding peace walking his dog Buster

The Guardian - UK

We need to end stigma of drug addiction for all affected by it

Record View says compassion, not judgment, is required, and the negative language of the past needs to stay there.

Daily Record

Federal government funding shake-up risks leaving thousands of Queensland, NSW opioid addicts with nowhere to go for treatment

More than a dozen private opioid treatment services in Queensland and New South Wales are at risk of closure because of changes announced in last month's federal budget, say clinic operators.

ABC News

Where Destiny's Child are now from $2billion tour to alcohol addiction and depression

Destiny's Child, comprised of the final trio Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, was one of the most successful girl groups of the nineties and early noughties.

Daily Mirror

Understanding Natural Opioids Can Unlock Powerful New Pain Treatments

Scientists are looking into ways to create safer opioid drugs that avoid dangerous side effects that can lead to overdoses.

Inverse

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The Independent UK

Maker of anti-addiction drug Suboxone reaches $102.5 million settlement over antitrust claims

The company that makes the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone has reached a $102.5 million settlement of antitrust claims with 41 states and the District of Columbia

Reuters

Macron struggles to kick France's spending habit

President Emmanuel Macron has loosened labour laws and cut taxes among other reforms to transform the economy, but has not broken France's addiction to spending big to buy social peace.

Daily Record

Inside James Arthur's life: drug addiction, devastating loss and mental health battles

James Arthur has had quite a wild journey throughout his 11 years in the music industry and has now made a comeback with a new single he performed during the Britain's Got Talent semi-final.

Wales Online

Mum who became alcoholic after late-term miscarriage now helps others

Janine Crowdy, 44, has been sober since August 2021 and works with other veterans in recovery

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'It's a good trigger': Paul Merson describes the incredible new billboard that targets gambling addiction in London

Paul Merson suffered with addiction for much of his professional career: now he says that a new billboard in London will ensure others don't feel as alone as he did

The Independent UK

Former Connecticut lawmaker to be sentenced for coronavirus aid thefts

A former Connecticut state representative is set to be sentenced for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven and using a chunk of it to fuel his gambling addiction

Leeds Live

Emmerdale viewers rumble Claudette 'addiction' as they make demand over new start time

Many fans say they prefer the show starting at 7pm

The Guardian - UK

Quitters’ aid or addiction risk? Growing debate over vape regulation

Concern over children vaping is dismissed by one expert as ‘voice of moralists’ while others say there need to be stricter rules

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire shoplifter targeted Co-op and Farmfoods to fund drug addiction

Police said her offending had been 'serious and sustained'

The Conversation

Your body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose – studying how this process works could help reduce the side effects of opioid drugs

Opioid drugs such as morphine and fentanyl are like the two-faced Roman god Janus: The kindly face delivers pain relief to millions of sufferers, while the grim face drives an opioid abuse and overdose crisis that claimed nearly 70,000 lives in the U.S. in 2020 alone.

GamesRadar

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 actor researched "the behaviors of addiction" to prepare for Peter Parker donning the Venom suit

Yuri Lowenthal had to dig deep for the sequel

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