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NYC’s losing battle with soaring overdose deaths sows grief, devastates a Bronx community

NEW YORK — Ralph Ortiz loved his family, dancing, freestyle music and handball. He taught his sons basketball and how to navigate the streets of the Bronx. He was a near-constant flirt, sometimes to the embarrassment of his kids. He was strong, prideful and funny.

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Tyrone GAA star Conn Kilpatrick opens up on stealing and borrowing money to fund gambling addiction

“I was stealing money, I was borrowing money, I just went down the wrong path"

Belfast Live

Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care

Near the end of his scheduled three-month stay at a rehab center outside Austin, Texas, Daniel McKegney was forced to tell his father in North Carolina that he needed more time and more money, he recently recalled.

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As opioids mixed with animal tranquilizers arrive in Philly neighborhood, so do alarming health challenges

PHILADELPHIA — Many people living on the streets in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood — the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — are in full-blown addiction, openly snorting, smoking or injecting illicit drugs, hunched over crates or on stoops. Syringes litter sidewalks, and the stench of urine fouls the…

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Ex-prisoner who had swastika tattooed on wrist aged 16 feels ‘reborn’ after its removal

Ilario Guiducci, 62, said he was ‘completely naive’ when he got the tattoo as a cadet in the Italian army

Wales Online

Senators talk about upping online safety for kids. This year they could do something

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, lawmakers blasted tech companies that they said do little to keep kids safe from bullying, addiction and "rabbit holes of dangerous material."

WEKU

How am I spending early middle age? Playing Phrazle – and other mesmerising word games

I lose time and burn up mental energy in pursuit of a dopamine rush that, as with all addictions, is a diminishing return. If only everyone else would join me

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Mum shares pictures showing devastating effect drugs had on daughter before death

Helen Stobbart struggled for years with addiction and mental health issues, before her sad death aged 51 in last May, while hooked on heroin, crack cocaine and methadone.

Daily Record

DMX’s 10-year-old daughter plans to make a docuseries for kids — about fentanyl crisis

After Grammy-nominated rapper DMX died from a drug overdose-induced heart attack on April 9, 2021, his 8-year-old daughter Sonovah Hillman Jr. set out to understand her father’s plight.

Los Angeles Times

Harrowing photos of woman shows devastating effect of drugs before tragic death

Helen Stobbart quickly deteriorated in the months before her death owing to her heroin addiction, crack cocaine, and methadone with her mum convinced she would still be alive with the right help

Daily Mirror

Illinois grapples with rise in sports gambling problems as bets hit $1 billion a month

CHICAGO — The safest bet before Sunday’s Super Bowl is that there would be millions of dollars spent gambling in Illinois. Wagers placed with the state’s sports gambling industry soared in 2022, with gamblers betting nearly $10 billion and casinos raking in $800 million in revenue from gamblers’ aggregate losses.

Chicago Tribune

Column: Narcan saved her six times from a fentanyl death. Why today won’t be the seventh

Fentanyl was 26-year-old Bree Dobbins’ drug of choice.

Tribune News Service

A new start after 60: at 63 I finally paid off my debts – and ditched the credit card

After overcoming her addiction to drinks and drugs, Suzy Morrison realised she also had an unhealthy relationship with money. Two years later she was solvent – for the first time in her life

The Guardian - UK

Patsy Palmer's massive net worth, on-set addiction, and Malibu home

The actress is attempting to skate her way to victory on Dancing on Ice

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Wales Online

'Photos show what drug addiction did to my beautiful late daughter'

A coroner ruled Helen Stobbart's death at the age of 51 was drug-related but her mother believes more could have been done to save her

Dublin Live

RTE viewers deeply moved by comedian Willa White's 'powerful' chat on recovery journey with Tommy Tiernan

The Ballymun native is now a successful comedian and theatre actor

Dublin Live

'I kicked my drug addiction after 26 years - and now I want to help others'

“If I didn't end up in prison, I was probably gonna be dead” - A woman who turned her life around after being on the streets and abusing drugs for decades shares inspirational story

The Independent UK

Irish President enjoys Derry City match despite security alert disruption

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said he was also ‘delighted’ to attend the event.

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Liverpool Echo

BBC Mrs Brown's Boys Danny O'Carroll refused one item to lose three stone

The actor said he tackled his 'addiction' to feel like a new person

Reason

The Fight To Criminalize Opioid Prescribing

Over 88 percent of opioid overdose deaths now involve either heroin or fentanyl. Targeting prescriptions is not an efficient way to address mortality.

Glasgow Live

Cuts to Glasgow care homes and addiction services proposed to save £22m

Savings options drawn up to plug a huge budget gap also include closing a children's residential home, shutting a day centre for people with learning disabilities and slashing funding for care home beds.

Daily Mirror

Coronation Street legend's dark battle with booze as he marks 25 year milestone

Coronation Street icon Kevin Kennedy, who played Curly Watts for 20 years, and during his addiction would drink a bottle of vodka on his way to set every day, has marked 25 years of sobriety

Zenger

Kids As Young As Eight Getting Support For Gaming Addiction

They use the game as a form of escapism, and it is a coping mechanism for something.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Pokies industry’s fingerprints remain on Dominic Perrottet’s policy

And when judging the credibility of an election policy, it’s wise to also consider what is not there if the government or opposition was serious about NSW’s appalling pokies addiction.

Dublin Live

Violent criminal who told pregnant partner he would 'rip' baby out during brutal beating jailed for 13 years

Dean Paget was sentenced to 14 years with the final 12 months suspended for two years on condition he work with probation services and continue to deal with his drug and alcohol addiction

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