Addiction

Siobhan Bulfin is Chief executive of Melon Health (formerly Social Code), a company that's leading the way internationally with their three year old innovative mobile health platform. In June they… Audio

A single gene seems to predispose people to becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol Audio

An investigation has found a rehab centre took a client's benefit money, failed to provide alcohol treatment, encouraged him to stop taking his medication and allowed him access to knives and air… Audio

Dr. David Greenfield discusses, and answers listener questions, on internet and technology addiction. Dr. Greenfield is founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction and is Assistant… Audio

Comedian and actor Russell Brand expands on an fiery interview on BBC's Newsnight a year ago, in which he took on legendary interviewer Jeremy Paxman. In it, Brand lamented the state of the world and… Audio

Ways that society can (and should) respond to the dilemma of the homeless and begging on city streets - with Dr. Michael Liffman from the Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy & Social Investment at… Audio

A drug used to treat inattentive and hyperactive children could be the key to weaning addicts off methamphetamine or P. Audio

Bernie Griffen and his new band The Thin Men have just released his sophomore LP Salvation, recorded in Auckland's The Lab recording studio, Trevor Reekie meets up with Griffen, his partner and… Audio

Compounds made from a hallucinogenic party drug called Salvia divinorum could be the basis of new anti-addiction treatments Audio

Recovering from addiction with help from the Buddha. Audio

Earlier this month Debbie Bayer wrote a blog about addiction and the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was called 'Phillip Seymour Hoffman did not have choice or free will and neither do you'… Audio

The Wireless's senior producer, Megan Whelen looks at whether the country's services for dealing with addiction are getting it right. She discusses the issue with Judge Jane McMeeken, from the… Audio

The director of the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Centre, visiting New Zealand for the Inaugural International Cancer Symposium organised by the University of Otago. Audio

Ideas examines the future of smoking. We hear about Bhutan and their longstanding defiance of the tobacco norm; Niue's attempts to become smokefree; the increasingly influential Maori anti-smoking… Audio