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It will be an alternative to prison for many and will aim to tackle the factors behind their offending

Not long ago, Republicans in the Missouri Legislature were citing the need to protect patient privacy as the justification for blocking a statewide prescription drug database to address opioid addiction. Pro-privacy Republicans are suddenly in short supply now that patients’ rights are under direct attack in the abortion debate.

"I screamed, begged and pleaded with the paramedics to fix him."

He said the decades-long addiction started early in his career and keeping it secret damaged his mental health

Lauris Voitehovics, 23, has now been clean for months and hopes to join the army or the fire brigade

In Joe Wicks: Facing My Childhood on BBC Two tonight, the nation's PE teacher goes on an emotional journey to discover how his parents' mental health issues affected him as a child

Addiction recovery can foster a fuller awareness of our identities.

Richard Mylan recently admitted to a 20-year heroin addiction

Joe said on This Morning: "I was just anxious all the time, and scared and nervous."