The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

'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 · Sep 4, 2022

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 · Sep 4, 2022

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 · Sep 4, 2022

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

Daily Record · Sep 2, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

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

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

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

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.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

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.

The Denver Post · Sep 1, 2022

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.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 31, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022