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A new paramedic policy may guide overdose patients into treatment

As the number of opioid overdose deaths continues to surge across the United States, some experts stress the urgency of providing the addiction treatment medication buprenorphine to drug users as soon as possible, on the scene of an overdose.

Tribune News Service

Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions

A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world's fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people

The Independent UK

Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists

Reliance on oil and gas worsening climate impacts and compounding food, energy and cost of living crises

The Guardian - UK

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Magic mushroom grower who 'sold to friends' spared prison

The 36-year-old, caught with nearly 300 grams of mushrooms, said they were to treat his addictions with some for sale

Liverpool Echo

Rice's drinking influenced "Interview"

Rice channeled her grief and struggles with alcohol into her work, as seen in AMC's adaptation of her debut novel

Salon

Irish social media star Trisha Lewis opens up on secret addiction battle - 'I wanted to jump into the river'

"I lost everything I had in the casino time and time again..."

Irish Mirror

Friends star Matthew Perry says he 'probably spent $9 million' getting sober

The actor has previously praised his Friends co-stars for being 'understanding and patient' as he battled addictions during his time on the show

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Meditation literally changes how your brain's neurons move

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) shows promise as a way to treat addiction, but also implies that meditating can be useful outside that context.

Inverse

Mental health and addiction issues in Ayrshire village to be addressed as bid launched to draft in experts

Netherthird Initiative for Community Partnership is one of the groups.

Daily Record

Matthew Perry ‘spent $9m trying to get sober’ during addiction to prescription drugs

The Friends actor told The New York Times that he had been in rehab 15 times during his career

Evening Standard

Friends star Matthew Perry admits he spent whopping $9m on getting sober

Friends star Matthew Perry has admitted he has spent a fortune on facing his demons as he struggled to overcome his alcohol and drug addiction over the years since finding fame

Daily Mirror

RAF Veteran marks two years of sobriety with Ilkeston group in celebratory walk

"True recovery is only achieved when you do it for yourself"

Nottingham Post

Ex-Leeds United forward opens up on his gambling addiction

Cibicki is currently serving a four-year ban for match fixing.

Leeds Live

Scottish dad turns his life around after drug addiction led to begging on the streets

Leeh, 37, is now back in touch with his three sons and has rebuilt his relationship with his parents, who paid for a last-gasp drug detox.

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Daily Record

'Fiercely intelligent' student found dead in university dorm after heroin overdose

Dylan Causero who had a lengthy history of drug misuse dating back to his mid teens had been trying hard to get himself clean just weeks before his tragic heroin over dose.

Wales Online

Faith lost all her teeth through drug addiction - now she's smiling again thanks to dentures

Faith became addicted to meth aged just 14

Daily Record

Recovering Scots drug addict turns life around to become skydiver after kicking heroin habit

Leeh Howell's life was in a desperate free fall with him begging on the streets of Stirling to feed hit addiction before he was entered into rehab.

ABC News

Ballarat gambling harm on the agenda as city loses $1 million to pokies each week

Dan Irwin was 16 when he started gambling. Over 25 years he lost everything that mattered and decided it was time to turn his life around.

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Liverpool Echo

Delivery driver hits robber over head with plank of wood after raid on pharmacy

Rewards were handed to have-a-go hero and a chemist who tackled the armed offender

The Conversation

Can gaming 'addiction' lead to depression or aggression in young people? Here’s what the evidence says

A Victorian coroner has cited problematic gaming behaviour as the driver of a mood disorder which contributed to the 2019 death of regional school boy Oliver Cronin.

Daily Mirror

Matthew Perry's darkest moments as he admits drug addiction almost killed him

Matthew Perry is one of the world's finest comedic actors, but the Friends actor has battled some demons over the years. As he shares his story, we take a look at how the star's darker moments can help others going through something similar

The Times of India

'Friends' actor Matthew Perry shares a near-death experience in his memoir

Actor Matthew Perry, who is best known for playing the role of Chandler Bing in 'Friends', is all set to release his new memoir 'Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing' on November 1. News is that, in the memoir the actor opens up about his addiction journey.

Daily Mirror

Matthew Perry had colostomy bag for nine months and underwent 14 stomach surgeries

Lorraine host Ranvir Singh alongside showbiz expert Ross King explained that Friends star Matthew Perry endured 15 trips to rehab in a bid to conquer his demons and battle his addictions

Dynamite News

Study: Pain Relief Without Side Effects And Addiction, Better Than Opioids

New substances that activate adrenalin receptors instead of opioid receptors have a similar pain-relieving effect to opiates, but without the negative aspects such as respiratory depression and addiction. New findings are a milestone in the development of non-opioid pain relief.Read more on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Postcards from the Edge at 35: How Carrie Fisher’s fiction put her back in control

In the late Eighties, Carrie Fisher went to rehab for drug addiction – a few years later, she turned her experiences into a celebrated debut novel. Kat Lister looks back on how the Star Wars legend chose comedy in the quest for truth over shame

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