The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

Here’s a step our government can take to save lives and fight the opioid crisis

The Biden administration should not wait until 2025 to implement the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act, which will expand access to safe, non-opioid therapies for pain management and protect Illinoisans from addiction.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 3, 2023

'Laughing gas addiction put me in a wheelchair - it needs to be taken seriously'

Kerry-Anne Donaldson, 26, from East London, hopes her story serves as a warning to others after her addiction to nitrous oxide (NOS) saw her inhale more than 600 canisters week

Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2023

My 600lb Life star is transformed after overcoming substance abuse and becoming a mother

My 600lb Life star Sarah Neely weighed almost 50 stone when she first appeared on the hit TLC reality show, but she has now overcome her struggles with food addiction

Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2023

Humza Yousaf urged to make Scots shameful drug death crisis a priority

Critics believe Humza Yousaf and other leadership candidates placed too little focus on the enduring drug emergency.

Daily Record · Apr 1, 2023

Chris Herren on his time battling addiction as a Boston Celtic

Herren would eventually go clean and continued his career abroad, but the once-promising Celtics alum works to help others now to avoid the fraught path he once found himself on.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 31, 2023

The horrific rise of xylazine, the flesh-destroying drug making fentanyl even deadlier

The tranquilizer is increasingly mixed with the opioid in the US, giving rise to deadly overdoses and disturbing wounds

The Guardian - US · Mar 31, 2023

Brisbane doctor's opioid substitution service reopens after interim win against medical board's restrictions

Stuart Reece says he had to close his Highgate Hill practice late last year after the Medical Board of Australia imposed supervision conditions on his registration.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2023

Man jailed for eight years over death of man in Dublin building he set on fire

Judge Sheahan noted that Boland had a longstanding drug addiction and was homeless at the time.

Irish Mirror · Mar 30, 2023

HB 248 ‘holds everybody to the same standard’ for addiction recovery housing

The president of the Kentucky Recovery Housing Network Advisory Board said House Bill 248, which Governor Beshear signed into law, will help Kentuckians trying to overcome alcohol and drug addiction.

WEKU · Mar 30, 2023

Why over-the-counter Narcan may not reach those most in need

If insurers or governments don't step up, addiction experts fear it could widen health disparities and undercut the FDA's goals of addressing a "dire public health need."

Axios · Mar 30, 2023