Angus Deacon of NZGamer.com takes a look at the dark side of videogame addiction.

'Celebrity Rehab' is going after Jason Wahler, another troubled D-list celebrity. Wahler has had numerous run ins with the law that are all drug and alcohol related. Each charge has gotten progressively worse proving that addiction treatment is needed to stop the downward spiral of addiction. Lakeview Health treats celebrities privately.

Brighton Hospital :Alcohol is illegal in Saudi Arabia, where a strict interpretation of Islam forbids everything from liquor to allowing women to drive. For those who suffer from alcohol and drug abuse, treatment is scarce and the stigma so great that most never talk about their addiction, even to close family members.

Dozens of Lambeth children, aged as young as 12, are being treated for addiction to drugs including cocaine.

Sources: The Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services and The Mahoning County Alcohol

Manchester Voices is launching a community-wide awareness campaign to educate parents and the community about the health risks and legal consequences of allowing underage drinking. This campaign is part of a larger initiative to keep local youth safe, healthy, and alcohol and drug free. Funding for this project is provided by a grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health of the Bureau ...

Record numbers of drinkers are being prescribed pills to help them beat alcohol addiction, according to official figures published yesterday.

The Mahoning County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board has been involved in Access to Recovery for two years. Wednesday they shared some of the successes of the federal grant initiative. So far, 436 people in Mahoning County have benefited from the grant. The program helps provide services to people that are returning home after being jailed. Angela Cornelius Dawson of the Ohio Department ...

The Riyadh-based Saudi Care for Rehabilitation and Health Care is trying to change the negative image of addiction in Saudi Arabia by creating a network of treatment facilities in the oil-rich kingdom.

A businessman from Saudi Arabia is looking to the large Arab and Muslim population in the Detroit region for ideas on how to tackle alcohol and drug addiction.