Dec 11, 2013

An advert for some of the UK's best-known beer brands has been banned for implying that alcohol is linked to social su...

Media
Dec 11, 2013

A nightclub owner has been caught selling industrial alcohol often used in antifreeze. Trading standards inspectors...

Alcohol Addiction
Dec 06, 2013

The authorities are not winning the war on drugs and controversial measures could be needed to address the problem, De...

Addiction Politics
Dec 06, 2013

Nigella Lawson was accused of stashing cocaine in a hollow book to hide her escalating habit, as she told a court she wo...

Cocaine Addiction
Nov 28, 2013

Drug cheats will face a minimum four-year ban instead of two years after rule changes ratified by the World Anti-Doping ...

Sport
Nov 21, 2013

Afghanistan's opium production surged to record levels this year, despite international efforts over the past decade to ...

Addiction Politics
Nov 21, 2013

Targeting a specific group of neurons in the brain could help people quit smoking, say scientists. Studies in mice sh...

Smoking Addiction
Nov 20, 2013

Many people are unaware of the link between alcohol and cancer, a poll has found. Some 86% of more than 2,000 peopl...

Alcohol Addiction
Nov 19, 2013

European Union proposals for continent-wide regulation of legal highs would not add any value to the approach already be...

Legal High Addiction
Nov 19, 2013

Toronto's City Council has voted overwhelmingly to strip Mayor Rob Ford of some of his powers in the latest attempt to b...

Addiction Politics