The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

Accountant Sandra Balfour, 67, siphoned off cash while working for a car dealer in Brisbane to spend on poker machines.

The former popstar is celebrating one year of sobriety after her alcoholism left her days from death

The former Liberty X star recently celebrated a year of sobriety

"Restricting access to cannabis = increased opioid addiction and suicide." That's the message commuters driving down Miramar Road in Mira Mesa are seeing, thanks to a billboard placed by military veterans' advocacy group, Weed for Warriors.

The Scottish social commentator and rapper will be delving into the relationship our nation has with alcohol, and exactly why Scotland is the most addicted country in Europe to various vices.

Cannabidiol might make you sleepy and help to calm your nerves, but it won't get you high. Researchers in Victoria wonder whether it could help people struggling with drug dependency.

An accountant stole almost $2 million from a car dealership to feed her gambling addiction, a Brisbane court has been told.

From Mercer v. Stewart, decided by Judge Matthew F. Leitman (E.D. Mich.) last week: In 2011, Petitioner Barbara Jean Mercer, who was then in the throes of a crippling addiction to crack cocaine, made two grave mistakes that sent her and those around her down a dangerous path. Her first…

Newly invested dollars have funded teams of mental health professionals to respond to 911 calls, helped to launch programs to divert Chicagoans with serious mental illness or addiction away from the criminal justice system and continued investment in mental health clinics.