The Latest Breaking News from Addiction

ESPAÑOLA, N.M. — The caretaker at the hillside cemetery braced against the cold and walked among the graves. Crosses cast shadows on bunched flowers. A strand of tinsel gleamed from a bare tree. He looked over the rows and shut the gate, his face red, his hands small and coarse.

Jamie Lynch had his first drink aged 15, with weekend visits to the pub soon spiralling into addiction.

The Biden administration should not wait until 2025 to implement the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act, which will expand access to safe, non-opioid therapies for pain management and protect Illinoisans from addiction.

Kerry-Anne Donaldson, 26, from East London, hopes her story serves as a warning to others after her addiction to nitrous oxide (NOS) saw her inhale more than 600 canisters week

My 600lb Life star Sarah Neely weighed almost 50 stone when she first appeared on the hit TLC reality show, but she has now overcome her struggles with food addiction

The medical examiner ruled the death of Kelsey Carpenter’s baby an accident – yet she faces life in prison: ‘I mourn every day’

The pregnant mum, 33, splurged an eye-watering £956 on designer clothing for five of her six kids so that they can have matching outfits on Easter Weekend.

These gambling addicts have appeared before the courts to be sentenced for their crimes

The trusted Casualty nurse is addicted to drugs after a shocking assault in her own home… Do Iain, Max and Dylan suspect Faith needs help?

Critics believe Humza Yousaf and other leadership candidates placed too little focus on the enduring drug emergency.

Herren would eventually go clean and continued his career abroad, but the once-promising Celtics alum works to help others now to avoid the fraught path he once found himself on.