Addiction

The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone
Meg Jones

The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone

Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?
Drug deaths

Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?

‘I’m so lucky’: How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs
Dogs

‘I’m so lucky’: How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs

I quit booze aged 30 to impress a beautiful girl. It’s the best thing I ever did
Tommy Stewart

I quit booze aged 30 to impress a beautiful girl. It’s the best thing I ever did

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy
Lorna Tucker

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy

Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain
Drugs

Dozens use UK’s first drugs consumption room in opening weeks – but ‘barriers’ still remain

Inside the UK’s first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths
Drugs

Inside the UK’s first drugs consumption room – and how it can save lives amid soaring drug deaths

‘Alcohol felt like home to us’: A mother and daughter’s story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it
Alcoholism

‘Alcohol felt like home to us’: A mother and daughter’s story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it

‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
Art

‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat
Opinion

Nitazenes are claiming homeless lives. Here’s how one group is fighting the deadly threat

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe
Drugs

Nitazenes: Harm reduction advice to help keep safe

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK’s drug deaths crisis truly is
Drugs

Meet the only scientist who knows just how bad the UK’s drug deaths crisis truly is

Labour can stop more vulnerable people dying from drugs like nitazenes – if it wants. Here’s how
Luke O'Neil

Labour can stop more vulnerable people dying from drugs like nitazenes – if it wants. Here’s how

MPs on all sides call for action on nitazenes after Big Issue exposes Britain’s drug deaths crisis
Nitazenes

MPs on all sides call for action on nitazenes after Big Issue exposes Britain’s drug deaths crisis

Nitazenes: Use of life-saving overdose drug surges by 50% amid synthetic opioid crisis
Social Justice

Nitazenes: Use of life-saving overdose drug surges by 50% amid synthetic opioid crisis

So-called ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic
James Rose

So-called ‘deaths of despair’ are rising in the UK. Labour must act on this silent epidemic

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Filmmaker Melanie Manchot explains how her drama Stephen can offer hope to addicts
Film

Filmmaker Melanie Manchot explains how her drama Stephen can offer hope to addicts

‘I’ve done awful things – but I try to be better’: Nadine Shah on addiction, getting it wrong and forgiveness
Music

‘I’ve done awful things – but I try to be better’: Nadine Shah on addiction, getting it wrong and forgiveness

Amy’s Place: How a ‘beautiful’ housing project giving hope became Amy Winehouse’s real legacy
Housing

Amy’s Place: How a ‘beautiful’ housing project giving hope became Amy Winehouse’s real legacy

Gambling should carry a public health warning like cigarettes to prevent suicides
Yvette Greenway-Mansfield

Gambling should carry a public health warning like cigarettes to prevent suicides