Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

Vaping Has Become A Gateway To Nicotine Addiction For Teens, New Study Finds

Vaping has become a gateway to nicotine addiction for teens as most who take it up have never smoked before, a new study warned.

Zenger

Elton John is agony aunt to the stars - fixing scandal, addiction and love drama

He may be a music icon but – as Elton this week acknowledged – he’s also got another legacy – as an agony aunt for troubled A-listers. Always an ear of support for his many superstar friends

Daily Mirror

Jury awards $77M in suit against addiction treatment center

Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after he was abruptly discharged from an addiction treatment center

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

California may legalize sports betting – without knowing how many gambling addicts it has

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two months before Californians decide whether to open the nation’s largest state to legalized sports betting, a new audit finds that the agency charged with treating people with gambling addictions may be ill-prepared for such a significant expansion of the market.

Tribune News Service

Danny Dyer feared losing his family after doing ‘s*** loads’ of drugs and says he was ‘weak’

The Eastenders actor revealed he battled drug addiction for years working on the BBC soap

Evening Standard

Candy, cash, gifts: How rewards help recovery from addiction

Treatment for drug addiction means a chance to earn rewards for an increasing number of patients in recovery

The Independent UK

Gen Z smartphone addiction can boost compulsive buying – but businesses can help them kick the shopping habit

People born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s – so-called generation Z – face many financial challenges, from more expensive housing to lower wages. Many are already delaying life plans such as buying a home and saving for retirement as a result. But recent research on the connection between smartphone…

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Matt Willis’ daughter 'really changed him' amid addiction hell says tearful wife Emma

The couple have been married since 2008 but Matt encountered issues in 2005 when they first started to date. Matt went to rehab three months after they started dating and became sober three years later

Daily Mirror

Ballymun Recovery Podcast promoting hope and challenging stigma of addiction

A special podcast has been launched as part of Recovery Month in Ballymun, which aims to involve the local community, challenge the stigma of addiction and promote hope in the area

Dublin Live

Calls for gambling reform as Australian poker machine losses hit $11.4b in financial year

Lynda Genser lost $100,000 in the worst year of her addiction. She says limits on opening hours could have an immediate effect in reducing harm.

ABC News

'I started taking ecstasy at 13. I ended up losing everything'

SPECIAL REPORT: Drug deaths in Greater Manchester have reached the highest level since 2013. In the second part of a special report, Helena Vesty speaks to one woman about her battle with addiction

Manchester Evening News

The week in theatre: The Narcissist; Into the Woods – review

Christopher Shinn’s new play of post-Trump politics finds complex characters lost in ego and addiction, while Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman’s take on Sondheim is just a bit too much

The Guardian - UK

I am 50 years old and have a video game addiction – is that so wrong?

Mark Beaumont, a child of the Atari joystick generation, always assumed he’d get over video games. It’s proven not to be the case. Now that he’s a father of one, his gaming has taken on a more clandestine hue

The Independent UK

A hotel in Melbourne’s affluent Brighton wants to become a rehab clinic – some locals aren’t happy

Opponents say the Brighton Savoy is in an ‘inappropriate location’ for such a facility, but others claim the backlash is ‘a political beat-up’

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Benzinga

Still Hope For Oklahoma Cannabis Legalization, This Gov. Will Pardon Low-Level Weed Convictions & More Updates

Oklahoma Supreme Court To Review Cannabis Legalization Question

Daily Record

Hamilton Accies release new book aimed at helping those affected by addiction

The book has been backed by the Scottish Recovery Consortium and will be distributed to every prison in Scotland as a means of help

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Prop. 27 backers say it will solve homelessness by enabling sports gambling. Don't bet on it

California ballot initiative campaigns long since turned into founts of misinformation and lies purveyed by self-interested promoters.

Daily Record

Campaigners warn of new tsunami of overdose deaths during cost of living crisis

FAVOR UK seeks £7 million boost to bring more "lived experience" people into the battle to turn around our overdose deaths

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Matt Willis to share 'personal' battle with drug and alcohol addiction in documentary

Former Busted star Matt Willis is reportedly set to take a deep delve into his previous battle with drink and drug addiction

The Independent UK

Stacey Dash shares crying video after finding out DMX died a year ago

“It breaks my heart,” the actor said on TikTok.

The Denver Post

Colorado’s rate of drug overdose deaths nearly doubles in 4-year period, fueled by fentanyl and meth

DENVER -- About once a month, another of Nicole Richardson‘s friends dies.

Chicago Tribune

A son’s mistake, a family’s grief and the cruel lessons of the fentanyl epidemic

CHICAGO -- Justin Pearlman was settling into his latest rehab, a $95-a-day treatment center in Pennsylvania, when the Tribune reached him for an interview about his struggle with heroin addiction.

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Newsom's court-ordered treatment plan for homeless Californians passes final test

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom's sweeping proposal to provide court-ordered treatment for homeless Californians struggling with mental illness and addiction passed the Legislature on Wednesday after lengthy debate that ended in overwhelming approval of the plan.

The Guardian - UK

Jamali Maddix review – the somewhat funny side of sex addiction

Maddix is a fluent, playful comic, but the window opened here on his conflicted psyche feels unresolved – for him as much as his audience

ABC News

Opioids are driving drug overdose deaths, but people with addiction are struggling to access treatment

Leah McLeod's doctor told her if she did not go on methadone, she would likely lose her baby. But many Australians struggle to access the same life-changing therapy.

1 … 93 94 95 96

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

California Department of Public Health

Oklahoma Supreme Court

15 stories

Marr

11 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.