The number of people addicted to internet pornography has been increasing for years. Embarrassment and stigma attached t...

In recent years hypnosis has been gaining credibility as a complementary therapy for addiction and a source for careful ...

Workers should be screened for alcohol misuse, according to an article in a leading medical journal. Employees shou...

A proposal to monitor sports stars' movements by electronic tagging or by tracking their mobile phones has been consider...

Channel 4 are set to record a follow up to their controversial 'drugs: live' series that aired last year, featuring volu...

Online alcohol marketing aimed at young adults encourages a "culture of intoxication", a study suggests. Young peop...

Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has been re-bailed until early December following her arrest over claims she acted as a go-be...

The number of smokers trying to quit with NHS help has dropped for the first time since 2008, while the total who succes...

A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego was equipped with lighting, ventilation and an e...

Heroin addicts should be given access to ‘consumption rooms’ where they can safely inject heroin legally, a senior c...