Drug Rehabilitation

The NSW government is hosting a summit to understand critical issues linked to alcohol and other drugs.

Sharmain's son is her motivation to get clean but a lack of rehab facilities means she almost spiralled into a state of psychosis after being forced to wait months to enter a program.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has apologised after several local stakeholders, including the mayor, were not told about a drug summit being held in Griffith tomorrow.

The First Nations-led The Glen has helped rehabilitate 4,000 recovering addicts on the NSW Central Coast in three decades.

A criminal lawyer in the state's far north says clients with methamphetamine addiction on remand or bail have been left with no treatment options, amid concerns the drug's use in the region has reached dire proportions.

Deep in the NSW hinterland, medical students are living alongside patients who are trying to overcome addiction. It's hoped the live-in, six-week program will give the future doctors a greater understanding of substance abuse.

Exposure to violence defined Darryl's early life, before he turned to violence himself. Today, Darryl teaches positive masculinity and uses boxing to empower communities and help break the cycle.

The death of a friend in jail by suicide prompted former inmate Kelvin Whitwell to become a counsellor on the outside. Now he's calling for WA's prison system to be reformed.

Matt Darcy nearly died of a heroin overdose. As drug-induced deaths rise in Western Australia, health services are pushing to get naloxone into more hands.

Allegedly dodgy doctors teamed up with an LA dealer known as the "Ketamine Queen" and the Friends' star's personal assistant to use his addiction issues to "enrich themselves", US authorities say after charging five people following a wide-ranging investigation. 

For Kuku Yalanji woman Georgia Weir, running became a way to manage the impacts of trauma that she'd battled for much of her life. Now she's keen to share its incredible impact with as many people as she can.

If you've had concerns about a loved one's drug use and haven't known how to help them, you're not alone — new research shows most people don't know where to start.

Community leaders fear alcohol restrictions in Derby and Broome could cause unintentional harm without the support services that have long been sought.

Advocates say more rehab facilities are desperately needed as regional WA records the highest average methamphetamine use in the country.

Jonathan Bolwell's life is back on track thanks to a regional rehabilitation facility. Now there are calls for more rehab centres across regional WA, which has the highest average meth consumption rate in Australia.

The Victorian government has walked away from plans to create a second supervised injecting room in Melbourne. But buried in the announcement were plans to trial a powerful painkiller used to help heroin kick the habit. Is it a sufficient alternative?  

The Victorian government will not set up a second supervised injecting room in Melbourne despite the recommendation of former police chief commissioner Ken Lay.

Premier Jacinta Allan dumps government plans for a supervised injecting room, despite expert advice recommending a service be set up in Melbourne's CBD.

Estimates suggest every Australian will know someone struggling with addiction at some point in their life, even if they're not aware of it.

Aaron Taylor was in the grips of drug addiction for two decades when a chance encounter turned his life around. The Wadjuk/Balardong Noongar man is now on the cusp of graduating university with distinction, thanks to an opportunity that led him to the Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre at Murdoch Uni.