Many celebrities over the years have detailed their struggles with addiction, their road to sobriety and occasionally been ...

Gambling addiction is an escalating concern that affects diverse communities, including the African American population. With the rapid expansion of online platforms and the increasing popularity of ...

A new documentary zeroes in on opioid addiction in the East African community. It's called "The Forgotton Ones: Unveiling the Opioid Effect." EMILY BRYDEN: This is Minnesota Now on MPR News. I'm Emily ...

Despite what people may tell you, changing behavior is easy. It’s maintaining change that’s hard—creating new and sustained ways of thinking and behaving. As Mark Twain quipped, “Quitting [smoking] is ...

Officials admit reintegration is the weakest link in Liberia's expanding anti-drug strategy, with beneficiaries often leaving rehab to unemployment, unstable homes, and limited support--raising ...

Cocaine bound for Europe is increasingly ending up in the hands of young people in West Africa, fuelling addiction in countries with almost no treatment facilities. The United Nations sounded the ...

South Africa, a giant in the global drug trade, is at breaking point with the number of child addicts reaching an all-time high. Research has found that substance abuse in South Africa is double that ...

South African women are increasingly drawn to casinos and online gambling as a means of escape, but experts caution that this trend often leads to addiction and despair, starting with a single win.

Niko Vorobyov, a journalist and author of the book "Dopeworld" traveled to 15 countries on five continents to look at how the issue of illicit drugs "has shaped the entire world: wars, scandals, coups ...

It’s 10am on a Wednesday when I decide to step into the local casino to find out what all the hype around gambling is about. As I walk in, a woman wearing a peak cap, head down and eyes fixed on the ...

Most mornings, Sean, a Marine Corps and Air Force veteran who served three times in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan, would wake up with an overwhelming feeling of dread. After losing his son to suicide ...