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'Stressed' paramedic wins damages
A paramedic wins a damages claim for stress after he was threatened while treating a drug addict.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 21 July 2008, 10:30 am

Addict jailed over knife robbery
A drug addict is jailed for robbing a bookmakers and threatening two cashiers with a knife.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 17 July 2008, 2:26 pm

Washington diary: Oil addiction
Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, wonders how the world can be weaned off its oil habit.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 3 July 2008, 6:44 am

Alcoholics to get one-to-one help
More than 100 people in the east end of Glasgow are to be given one-to-one help to beat alcohol addiction.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 3 July 2008, 3:28 am

More smokers quitting in county
The ban on smoking in public places is helping more people quit the addiction in Worcestershire.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 29 June 2008, 7:18 am

Chef's recipe for a bright future
A Devon man who turned his life around after years of serial offending and addiction to drugs is launching his own Caribbean catering business.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 24 June 2008, 10:46 am

Battling drug addiction in Afghanistan
The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul reports on the growing problem of drug addiction in Afghanistan.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 23 June 2008, 4:48 am

Crack cocaine support centre open
A new centre specifically targeted at helping crack cocaine addicts in Leicester is opened.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 17 June 2008, 5:57 am

Addicts cost taxpayers £800,000
A drug addict costs taxpayers more than £800,000 over the addict's lifetime, says a government review.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 14 June 2008, 12:36 am

Spain treats child phone addicts
Two children in Spain are admitted to a mental health clinic to be treated for addiction to mobile phones.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 13 June 2008, 5:35 am

Cocaine addict robber is jailed
A cocaine addict is jailed for 14 years for a string of armed robberies across Northern Ireland.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 12 June 2008, 4:51 pm

Alcohol craving reduced by drugs
Twin research projects have offered both present and future hope to people suffering from alcohol addiction.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 9 June 2008, 7:13 pm

Forum sets out radical drugs plan
Taxing cannabis and prescribing heroin are among the recommendations of a Holyrood think tank report.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 9 June 2008, 10:02 am

Player reveals gambling addiction
A West Midlands footballer admits he is being treated for a 16-year long gambling addiction.
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 6 June 2008, 12:29 pm

Why do hellraisers fascinate us?
From Oliver Reed to Amy Winehouse, the antics of badly behaved celebrities seem to draw us to them. Why?
Source:BBC News and Sport Search: addiction
Time: 6 June 2008, 6:08 am