addiction

Netflix’s Feel Good trailer shows Mae Martin struggling with addiction and a new relationship

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Comedienne Mae Martin grapples with her demons of addiction while trying to pursue a same-sex relationship in the first trailer for Netflix’s Feel Good. The six-episode series follows Mae (Martin), a Canadian comedian living in London, who strikes up a relationship with George (Charlotte Richie), a heterosexual young woman who has never dated another woman … Read more

UK could face an opioid addiction crisis like the US’s within just five years, expert warns

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The UK could be in the grip of a deadly painkiller addiction crisis in the next five years, a doctor has warned. Opioids, which include codeine, morphine and tramadol, should only be available on prescription in Britain but investigators have managed to buy them with ease over-the-counter. Pharmacies are not being hard enough on people … Read more

Prisoners implanted with unapproved addiction treatment ‘pellet’

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A Louisiana prisoner has been implanted with an unapproved ‘pellet’ to treat addiction.  The inmate is soon to be released from a Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) facility and is the first of 10 patients that California-based BioCorRx intends to place the implant in.  DOC doctors are surgically implanting devices that release naltrexone – an … Read more