The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

Letters: David Woollcombe and Richard Baker on the urgent need to move towards renewable energy

Drug addiction is a difficult condition to get rid of. As a parent to a person struggling with substance abuse, one can go through tremendous amounts of helplessness and sadness. However difficult it may be for you, being there for your child is a challenging responsibility a parent should fulfill.

The idea that we do not need laws of deterrence for illegal drug sales is like getting rid of speed limits on our highways.

Simon and Sarah Scott kicked their heroin addiction but can't escape the addicts who light up and beg for drug money outside their house

Police also found a machete and knife at his address

Campaign to end advertising and sponsorship in football organising walk this weekend to five Yorkshire grounds in memory of loved ones lost to gambling-related suicides

(Part four of a four-part series - Read part three)

The in-game purchases should be treated as gambling and regulated accordingly, the Government has been told.

Living in a world surrounded by digital devices is surely a boon. However, it can take a baneful turn, when the same gadgets become a compulsion.