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Gen Z smartphone addiction can boost compulsive buying – but businesses can help them kick the shopping habit

People born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s – so-called generation Z – face many financial challenges, from more expensive housing to lower wages. Many are already delaying life plans such as buying a home and saving for retirement as a result. But recent research on the connection between smartphone…

The Conversation

Matt Willis’ daughter 'really changed him' amid addiction hell says tearful wife Emma

The couple have been married since 2008 but Matt encountered issues in 2005 when they first started to date. Matt went to rehab three months after they started dating and became sober three years later

Daily Mirror

Ballymun Recovery Podcast promoting hope and challenging stigma of addiction

A special podcast has been launched as part of Recovery Month in Ballymun, which aims to involve the local community, challenge the stigma of addiction and promote hope in the area

Dublin Live

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Calls for gambling reform as Australian poker machine losses hit $11.4b in financial year

Lynda Genser lost $100,000 in the worst year of her addiction. She says limits on opening hours could have an immediate effect in reducing harm.

ABC News

'I started taking ecstasy at 13. I ended up losing everything'

SPECIAL REPORT: Drug deaths in Greater Manchester have reached the highest level since 2013. In the second part of a special report, Helena Vesty speaks to one woman about her battle with addiction

Manchester Evening News

The week in theatre: The Narcissist; Into the Woods – review

Christopher Shinn’s new play of post-Trump politics finds complex characters lost in ego and addiction, while Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman’s take on Sondheim is just a bit too much

The Guardian - UK

I am 50 years old and have a video game addiction – is that so wrong?

Mark Beaumont, a child of the Atari joystick generation, always assumed he’d get over video games. It’s proven not to be the case. Now that he’s a father of one, his gaming has taken on a more clandestine hue

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A hotel in Melbourne’s affluent Brighton wants to become a rehab clinic – some locals aren’t happy

Opponents say the Brighton Savoy is in an ‘inappropriate location’ for such a facility, but others claim the backlash is ‘a political beat-up’

The Guardian - AU

Still Hope For Oklahoma Cannabis Legalization, This Gov. Will Pardon Low-Level Weed Convictions & More Updates

Oklahoma Supreme Court To Review Cannabis Legalization Question

Benzinga

Hamilton Accies release new book aimed at helping those affected by addiction

The book has been backed by the Scottish Recovery Consortium and will be distributed to every prison in Scotland as a means of help

Daily Record

Michael Hiltzik: Prop. 27 backers say it will solve homelessness by enabling sports gambling. Don't bet on it

California ballot initiative campaigns long since turned into founts of misinformation and lies purveyed by self-interested promoters.

Los Angeles Times

Campaigners warn of new tsunami of overdose deaths during cost of living crisis

FAVOR UK seeks £7 million boost to bring more "lived experience" people into the battle to turn around our overdose deaths

Daily Record

Matt Willis to share 'personal' battle with drug and alcohol addiction in documentary

Former Busted star Matt Willis is reportedly set to take a deep delve into his previous battle with drink and drug addiction

Daily Mirror

Stacey Dash shares crying video after finding out DMX died a year ago

“It breaks my heart,” the actor said on TikTok.

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Chicago Tribune

A son’s mistake, a family’s grief and the cruel lessons of the fentanyl epidemic

CHICAGO -- Justin Pearlman was settling into his latest rehab, a $95-a-day treatment center in Pennsylvania, when the Tribune reached him for an interview about his struggle with heroin addiction.

The Denver Post

Colorado’s rate of drug overdose deaths nearly doubles in 4-year period, fueled by fentanyl and meth

DENVER -- About once a month, another of Nicole Richardson‘s friends dies.

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Newsom's court-ordered treatment plan for homeless Californians passes final test

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom's sweeping proposal to provide court-ordered treatment for homeless Californians struggling with mental illness and addiction passed the Legislature on Wednesday after lengthy debate that ended in overwhelming approval of the plan.

The Guardian - UK

Jamali Maddix review – the somewhat funny side of sex addiction

Maddix is a fluent, playful comic, but the window opened here on his conflicted psyche feels unresolved – for him as much as his audience

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Opioids are driving drug overdose deaths, but people with addiction are struggling to access treatment

Leah McLeod's doctor told her if she did not go on methadone, she would likely lose her baby. But many Australians struggle to access the same life-changing therapy.

Irish Mirror

Where are Michael Jackson's kids now? Addiction woes to LA charity and €2m home

Prince, Paris and Blanket had the spotlight on them from the moment they were born, and were regularly seen with their faces covered in an attempt to hide their identity.

The Hindu

Delhi excise policy | ‘You’ve sunk in the addiction of power,’ Anna Hazare writes to Kejriwal

Anna Hazare slams Delhi government’s new excise policy

Daily Mirror

Demi Lovato reveals regret behind life documentaries outlining struggles with addiction

Singer Demi Lovato will not be producing any more documentaries about her life after revealing her regret over the three she made in the last ten years

Belfast Live

Bangor woman on turning her life around from drug addiction to youth work

"It's given me a good direction and it's made me realise what I want to do with my life."

Manchester Evening News

Heroin and cocaine delivered quicker than pizza in Greater Manchester reveals ex addict

SPECIAL REPORT: The number of drug-related deaths in Greater Manchester is creeping up year by year. Helena Vesty finds out why 'it's quicker to get drugs delivered than a pizza', how addiction in lockdown led one man to steal thousands from his employer and why some people may not admit…

The Guardian - UK

Children of problem gamblers ‘more likely to be bought scratchcards’

Exclusive: findings of UK survey come as charity warns early exposure risks creating a pathway to addiction

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