A new study shows how increased drug use is putting growing pressure on families, communities, workplaces and health services ...

Drug misuse is around us all, legal and illegal, but if people rarely encounter it, or are unaffected by it, it continues at pace, writes Fergal Bowers.

The addiction myth that drug use per se causes addiction, and not the situations faced by users, has resulted in a major shift of government money to funding treatment, without demonstrated efficacy, ...

251 drug-related deaths recorded in Northern Ireland in 2024, with anti-anxiety medication Pregabalin mentioned in 101 cases ...

WOMEN ARE ONE of the fastest growing groups seeking treatment for cocaine addiction, according to a report from the addiction treatment clinic, the Rutland Centre. The centre said the increase in ...

IRELAND’S first national report on drug-related intimidation should serve as a wake-up call to us all. It provides the ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Not long ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s history of heroin addiction alone would likely have disqualified him from ...