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Parents have been warned to look out for the signs of gambling addiction behaviour in their children, as experts have pointed out that problems with addiction can start at a young age.
New research has revealed the extent to which alcohol addiction is shortening the lives of people around the world and highlights the importance for people with a problem to get addiction treatment.
Addiction treatment services can be wide-ranging and varied, but it is important an individual planning to head into a rehab clinic makes the right choice and picks a service that is best tailored to their individual needs, it has been claimed.
It has been claimed that healthcare professionals need to be given more training on the threat of drug addiction to reduce the number of people on prescribed drugs being forced into rehab centers.
Government plans to force drug addicts on benefits to receive addiction treatment to help tackle their problems and get their lives back on track are impossible to deliver in practice, it has been claimed.
MSPs are calling for an end to alcohol advertising near schools as the country continues to look for ways to tackle its growing problems with alcohol addiction among young people.
Efforts to reduce teen drinking and alcohol addiction that can occur as a result need to focus on the price of alcohol rather than simply addiction treatment, it has been claimed.
New research involving rats has shed some light on the way in which gambling addictions work and could help in the development of future addiction treatment.
The middle classes are vulnerable to binge drinking and ending up needing to head for addiction treatment, people in Wales have been warned.
A rehab clinic in the US is employing acupuncture in an effort to help relax patients and give them the opportunity to beat their addictions.