The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

The first thing Louise said she would reach for each morning was a line of cocaine until addiction started to control her life and impact her relationships and affect her children

A Newcastle dad said he found himself addicted to heroin at the age of 26, just one week after trying the drug for the first time

Emmerdale's resident doctor Liam Cavanagh is growing concerned with wife Leyla's drinking, but it looks like he's about to find out what's really been going on with her in recent weeks

The Supreme Court has ruled for doctors who face criminal charges for overprescribing powerful pain medication, in a case arising from the opioid addiction crisis

Count us fans of the Food and Drug Administration’s historic push to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, which, in concert with a proposed ban on menthol-flavored cancer sticks, promises to liberate millions of Americans from deadly addiction. Cigarette smoking is responsible for nearly a half-million deaths in America per year,…

Nicotine vapes are illegal in Australia without a prescription. Four Corners has investigated how Australian kids are buying them.

Destigmatising addiction and acknowledging its relationship with trauma would help sufferers get help sooner, says an expert and a recovering heavy drug user.

"I remember thinking my kids would be better off without me"

Caffeine in moderate amounts is fine, but some may find themselves addicted to the stimulant.

Educational institutions should rope in psychologists to counsel students: Dilli Rao

David Jeffers goes to the bookies almost every day and says he's seen lives devastated