In Ivory Coast's biggest city Abidjan, vulnerable drug addicts say that discovering a secluded care and support centre in an ...

A NEW drug has been launched which could help heroin addicts kick the habit quicker - and with less withdrawal symptoms. The creators of the drug - Suboxone - claim that it is better than the current ...

A 17-year-old heroin addict who is in a “very, very sorry state” was described as “dying before the eyes” of the professionals seeking to help him, Dublin District Court was told on Friday. Judge John ...

Merchants Quay Ireland said health authorities should examine the benefits of alternative drug treatments, like heroin, to compliment the existing substitute methadone. “Drug substitution treatments ...

Richard Mylan, who played deputy headteacher Simon Lowsley in the hit BBC drama Waterloo Road, has finally opened up on his 20-year battle with heroin, and wants to help ‘challenge the stigma’ of ...

Audrey's brother has been struggling with heroin addiction for most of her life. — -- Audrey Stepp is 9 years old, and for most of her life, her brother Sammy Stepp has been struggling with a ...

I was in the bath trying to get warm, surrounded by needles, screaming to God for help. I thought, “I’m going to be dead soon”. This chapter of my life had begun when I was 15. That was when I met an ...

A 21-YEAR-OLD Carlow woman was before the court on a number of theft charges that included a bar of chocolate and more than ¤800 worth of clothing. Lisa May of 22 Askea Lawns turned 21 in April and ...

A chronic heroin addict whose 15-month-old son was found with cuts, bruises and burns to his body while lying in a bedroom that… A chronic heroin addict whose 15-month-old son was found with cuts, ...

Telly chef Gordon Ramsay has told how his brother’s heroin addiction is tearing his family apart. The Hell’s Kitchen star, 48, said he and their mum had been trying to help Ronnie for years, but ...

Aussie boxer Nick Midgley has opened up about his harrowing 22-year battle with drug addiction, revealing that he trained for his biggest fights while he was in rehab following an overdose. Midgley, ...