The proportion is highest among inmates in the women’s prison at the Mountjoy campus, where 40 per cent of prisoners are ...

The number of people who believe that those who are dependent on drugs only have themselves to blame has fallen by almost half in the past 25 years, dropping from 57% to 30%. Research published by ...

A case study provided by the Dept of Justice of 15-year old “John” shows how it works: John was volatile and aggressive, not ...

Sitting in the office of addiction family support service, the Whitechurch Addiction Support Programme (WASP), based in the ...

Kieran O'Dea told gardaí that he nearly cried when customs officers at Dublin Airport opened his bag and he saw it was full ...

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Drug users have found a dangerous and cheap way to get a high that is fueling a surge in diagnoses of a deadly disease.

People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances such ...

A new Netflix documentary details how an unlucky smuggler ended up losing much of his product on the Portuguese island of ...