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As with the FA and their dealings with Brentford striker Ivan Toney, the FAI goes for the all-stick and no-carrot approach with Alan Quinn.

The past decade has seen an acceleration of medical research on LSD, a hallucinogenic substance discovered in the 1940s and banned 30 years later. In Switzerland, several clinics and hospitals now have permission to administer the drug to patients for depression or anxiety disorders, under strict supervision. But the enthusiasm…

Australian parliamentary inquiry recommends levy but some public health experts warn it could be ineffective unless carefully designed

Doctors are hearing anecdotal reports of reductions in drinking and smoking, but experts caution that more research is needed

Charlotte Durcan, 30, had sworn off drink before she became addicted to alcohol over a three-year period and was consuming three litres of vodka a day at the height of her addiction.

It comes as the NHS in England has seen a steep rise in demand for support for ‘gambling-related harms’

The ‘Jackass’ star and high priest of professional masochism is touring the UK with a show of ‘forbidden’ stunts. He speaks to Louis Chilton about addiction, Bam Margera and the time he behaved ‘despicably’ on the original ‘Love Island’

The NHS is opening up new specialist clinics as a result.

The 30-year-old mum was drinking a pint of vodka neat every morning at the height of her alcohol addiction - and was once given just 24 hours to live by doctors