A new stop smoking pilot has been launched in Sheffield to help people experiencing homelessness access tobacco treatment support.
Addiction
From drug dens to New Year Honours: Paul Hannaford’s fight to protect next generation
Photo: Paul Hannaford via Facebook Content warning: This article includes graphic images and descriptions of injury and references to drug addiction, which some readers may find upsetting. After 22 years of drug use, prison and gang involvement, Paul Hannaford was...
How Gen Z is redefining recovery through #sobertok
Trigger Warning: The following article mentions suicide. For nearly a century, the most successful addiction recovery infrastructure on earth – Alocholics Anonymous – operated under a single, golden, non-negotiable tenet: anonymity. But for a generation growing up in...
Scotland’s new ‘human rights’ approach in harm reduction
‘Preventing Harm, Promoting Recovery’ is the name of Scotland’s new plan to tackle alcohol and drug harm, but how does this compare with England’s?
Not ‘too young’ to be an alcoholic
The typical depiction of an alcoholic is usually not a young middle-class woman like Mary-Kate Harrington. But by 24 years old, she was leaving rehab and now works to make sure stories like hers are told. We spoke with Mary-Kate and expert Dr James Morris to why youth alcohol problems are often forgotten.