The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

Dominic Perrottet insists government will respond shortly to the ‘complicated issues’ raised by 2018 inquiry into ice addiction

"There is always the potential that an innocent person or an innocent family can be embroiled in this"

The experience of her own son’s drug addiction inspires the novelist’s overwhelming dive into grief, regret and love

She was accused of ‘betraying motherhood’ after she was revealed as the anonymous author of the Guardian’s Living with Teenagers column. So is her novel about a child with addiction issues reopening old wounds?

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.

Mark Vincent, 60, stole from his mother and sister's home in North Cornelly, Bridgend, in order to feed his amphetamine addiction

Danniella's facial features began to crumble after years of drug abuse, and she is currently undergoing a series of surgeries to rebuild her nose, jaw and cheekbones.

Former EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook has had a long battle with drug addiction, as she claimed she snorted her first line of cocaine when she was 14