Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter, BBC News Getty Images Emma is doing something she swore she would never do. In an attempt to have some control over her children’s vaping habits, she’s resorted to buying them the vapes herself. She’s not proud of it, but says it feels like the only way to keep...
Tracey Higgins BBC Midlands Today Aida Fofana BBC News, West Midlands BBC Keeley Knowles works alongside the Offending to Recovery programme and does outreach work with drug users For nearly three decades Keeley Knowles’ life consisted of shoplifting thousands of pounds worth of goods to fuel her heroin addiction. Previously known as “Birmingham’s most prolific...
Julia Gregory BBC News, South West Janet Kipling Caroline Harlow will be High Sheriff of Devon for a year Devon’s new High Sheriff has pledged to use her year in office to highlight gambling addiction and tackle reoffending. Caroline Harlow was declared for the royal appointment at a ceremony in Exeter Cathedral on Friday. The...
Treatment for those struggling with opioid addiction in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is about to get a lot worse, warn a former BOP case manager and a medical professional who recently left the agency. The BOP directed staff about a month ago to require all participants in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs to switch...
Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands Kath Stanczyszyn BBC Radio WM Getty Images/Allsport Dean Sturridge spent several seasons playing for Wolves “When I couldn’t play football because of injury, I’d be sat on my settee. I’d have boredom, I’d have time – and I’d have the money. That’s when the bets escalated and I was...
Content warning: discussions of addiction and suicide The pandemic took the lives of many battling drug and alcohol addiction to new lows. However, for some, it was the trigger that finally forced them to confront their demons. The number of over 50s seeking treatment for alcohol and drug addiction in England has increased by 50% since 2020,...