Addiction

A new book claims almost half of us have some kind of behavioural addiction involving screens or the internet, and that has worrying implications for us as social beings.   Audio

Auckland's Waiheke Island community is battling to rid themselves of the drug methamphetamine, or P. Audio

Last year RNZ revealed that the Correction Department's provider of drug counselling, Care NZ, was being funded for non-existent drug counsellors. Now Corrections has put Care NZ's contract up for… Audio

The A-Clinic, a Finnish addiction treatment NGO, is hoping to provide new drug testing services which people can access via the encrypted TOR network - the same network often used to buy and sell… Audio

Heath Ledger died from a lethal combination of several different prescription medications at age 28. Eight years on his father Kim is warning others not to make the same mistake. He is in New Zealand… Audio

Drug and alcohol expert Professor David Best talks to Nine to Noon about creating a sense of community for recovering and recovered addicts. Until recently responses to addiction focused on treatment… Audio

We know help is available for alcoholics and addicts - but what about their nearest and dearest? Peter Adams and Richie Hardcore tell Wallace Chapman about the realities of living with an addict. Audio

Kim Hill talks to security advisor Kevin Mitnick, who in the 1990s became the FBI's most wanted hacker and social engineer. He is visiting Auckland in August to present Cyber Threats: Insights from… Audio