Drug addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is defined by experts as a disease that affects a person’s brain and behaviour, leading to an inability to control the use of legal or illegal ...

Since he was 11 years old, Scott Smidt smoked marijuana to escape depression. But now, 10 months after he was arrested for selling marijuana to an undercover police officer, Smidt has found a new ...

On St Francis Farm outside Tullow, Co Carlow, Norah Burgess, farm manager, is checking on the cows. There's a hole in the fence, she explains, and they've been leaping through it into the potato field ...

Two recovering drug addicts who launched a hit podcast series are working to help others crippled by drug, alcohol and gambling problems. James Leonard and Timmy Long successfully turned their lives ...

Abu Dhabi’s halfway houses are offering recovering drug addicts more than a roof over their heads; they are providing structure, therapy, and a path back to society. The houses are backed by creative ...

A Cork mother whose three sons were addicted to drugs and died - two of them just 15 days apart - is appealing to the Government to help families like hers. Christine Kavanagh's 30-year-old son Dillon ...

Abu Dhabi’s halfway houses are offering recovering drug addicts more than a roof over their heads; they are providing structure, therapy, and a path back to society. The houses are backed by creative ...

Comedian and activist PJ Gallagher has said that vowing to help drug addicts recover is a "hard sell" for politicians on the campaign trial. As part of a Safer from Harm campaign, the comedian sat ...

Dubai: Police are extending a helping hand to recovering drug addicts by offering them food coupons for the month of Ramadan. The gesture is part of a wider support programme offered by police ...

A judge has refused to release a recovering drug addict out on bail after he told the court his pregnant partner has gone into self isolation with Covid-19 symptoms. Micheal Bayly (26) is in custody ...

A reformed ice dealer has sounded the alarm over a 'don't wake up' rave drug he warns has the power to devastate countless lives in Australia. When he was dealing, Braiden Tonks, 32, drove luxury cars ...