The case of a crack addict who shot another man twice in the head is a “vivid illustration” of how things can go wrong when people become “enmeshed in criminality” through taking “so-called ...

Oprah Winfrey interviewed Tiger King star Rick in 2007 as he recounted being addicted to crack cocaine and his shame over interviewing the late President George H.W. Bush while high on the drug TIGER ...

A MUM who grew up as a typical middle-class girl has revealed how boozing at 14 sent her life on a different trajectory. Olivia Taylor first began boozing at 14 in the park with friends, but her ...

It followed the story of how Eklund went from hometown hero who fought the great Sugar Ray Leonard for $7,500 (around £6,000) to a crack cocaine addict. His brother Micky meanwhile was attempting to ...

Frontline workers in southwest Dublin have said there is a 'tsunami' of crack cocaine addiction in the area. A report commissioned by the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force found that one third of ...

The particular vulnerabilities of women caught up in an "epidemic" of crack addiction in west Tallaght, Dublin, are clear during an evening with one of the area's only after-hours outreach teams. Of ...

DICKY EKLUND inspired an Oscar-winning performance by Christian Bale for his depiction of the boxing champion-turned drug addict. Bale took Best Supporting Actor in 2011 for his role in The Fighter ...

David Sagar said he felt compelled to share his story in the hope that it could help someone else A man who shared his lived experience of addiction in a new documentary said he did so to show others ...

A man who shared his lived experience of addiction in a new documentary said he did so to show others that "change is possible". David Sagar's story was one of nine in Breaking the Chains of Addiction ...