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Canada province to decriminalize hard drugs in small amounts

Ottawa (AFP) - Canada announced Tuesday the decriminalization of hard drugs in small quantities in a British Columbia pilot project aiming to tame an opioid crisis that has killed thousands -- by treating addictions rather than jailing users for possession.

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As PGA Tour embraces gambling, sports radio host Craig Carton wants to talk about the addiction

The PGA Tour is all in on the sports gambling trend. But the WFAN host tells another side.

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘I witnessed the devastation of addiction’ – Councillor candidly shares experiences giving evidence to government

Coun Joanne Harding was called as an expert witness to the Home Affairs Select Committee.

Manchester Evening News

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Give drug addicts the right to treatment that might save their lives

Should a different approach be made to help those struggling with drug addiction?

Daily Record

8 things film and TV get wrong about drug and alcohol treatment

Drug use and addiction are popular themes in movies and television, but they often get things very wrong. Here are eight common myths about drugs you’ll see on the silver screen.

The Conversation

How career criminal and notorious bank robber Russell Manser turned his life around

Bank robber Russell Manser was destined for a life in prison before he discovered a new path by confronting his hidden trauma. Now he’s working to help others seek justice for crimes long buried.

ABC News

Newry rapper who overcame drug addiction raising awareness in memory of friend

"I walked past Conor's grave and I vowed to myself that if my creative talents ever shone through again, I would make sure that Conor's legacy would be remembered all over the world"

Belfast Live

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The Osbournes now - drug addiction, health issues and 'secret' siblings

It's the 20th anniversary of the hit show which led the way in reality entertainment.

Daily Record

Woman only eats crisp sandwiches for every lunch and dinner for 23 years

Zoe Sadler only ate cheese and onion crisp sandwiches for 23 years and turned to a hypnotist after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She was cured after two two-hour hypnotherapy sessions

Daily Mirror

Edinburgh man spent £5,000 in one go on gambling websites at height of addiction

Darren, from Edinburgh, spoke to social commentator Darren McGarvey as part of his final episode of BBC documentary series Addictions, about his recovery from gambling.

Edinburgh Live

Glasgow woman's addiction to food 'greater battle to overcome than alcohol'

Annemarie, who grew up in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow, has admitted that her addiction to food is a much greater battle to overcome compared to her alcohol and substance abuse issues.

Glasgow Live

Republic of Ireland footballer Clare Shine opens up on alcohol addiction and suicidal thoughts

The former camogie player is currently playing with SWPL side Glasgow City

Belfast Live

The new MADD movement: Parents rise up against drug deaths

Life as he knew it ended for Matt Capelouto two days before Christmas in 2019, when he found his 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra, dead in her childhood bedroom in Temecula, California. Rage overtook grief when authorities ruled her death an accident.

Tribune News Service

Republic of Ireland star Clare Shine bravely opens up on suicidal thoughts and alcohol addiction

The Glasgow City and Republic of Ireland forward opened up to RTE's Ryan Tubridy on her struggles with alcohol addiction as well as her recovery

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Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler voluntarily enters rehab after relapse

Aerosmith has released a statement informing fans that residency dates in Las Vegas in June and July won't go ahead after frontman Steven Tyler entered rehab

Belfast Live

NI man shares dark reality of a life under the shadow of alcohol addiction

Johnny fought demons from a very young age, having lost his mother to alcoholism at the age of 10

The Guardian - AU

Delayed response to drug use report due to ‘competing views’, NSW premier says

Dominic Perrottet insists government will respond shortly to the ‘complicated issues’ raised by 2018 inquiry into ice addiction

Dublin Live

Local fears growing that 'innocent person may be hurt' in Finglas drug feud

"There is always the potential that an innocent person or an innocent family can be embroiled in this"

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The Guardian - UK

Clare Shine: ‘I want people to look at my mistakes and not make the same ones’

The Glasgow City and Republic of Ireland forward opens up on her drug and alcohol addiction, and how she found a way back

The Guardian - AU

‘Complete lack of political courage’: as NSW drugs war rages, expert renews decriminalisation push

Exclusive: More than two years after his landmark report into NSW drug use, Prof Dan Howard says lack of response ‘really disheartening’

The Guardian - UK

Inaction on gambling addiction will bring more grief, says bereaved mother

Exclusive: government proposals to stop gambling deaths are ‘more of same system that killed Jack’, say parents of man who killed himself

Newcastle Herald

Scanning the brain for food addiction

Topics: Food for thought and piano removal.

The Guardian - UK

Nonfiction by Julie Myerson review – fact into incandescent fiction

The experience of her own son’s drug addiction inspires the novelist’s overwhelming dive into grief, regret and love

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Julie Myerson on sharing her children’s secrets: ‘I’ve got in so much trouble’

She was accused of ‘betraying motherhood’ after she was revealed as the anonymous author of the Guardian’s Living with Teenagers column. So is her novel about a child with addiction issues reopening old wounds?

Wales Online

Female offenders suffering with addiction and trauma to be treated at new Swansea residential centre

It will be an alternative to prison for many and will aim to tackle the factors behind their offending

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