A large police bust of cocaine in Winnipeg earlier this week has drawn attention to a growing problem with crack addiction on the streets of the Manitoba capital. Winnipeg police say crack is getting ...

Ever since Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted to having smoked crack cocaine, various city councillors and media observers have publicly advised him to seek drug counselling. But in a CNN interview that ...

Scott Harman was a crack addict for 17 years. It all began at 13-years-old when he started drinking and then using drugs. By the age of 17, he was addicted. “Within a six month period I was into the ...

Three decades ago, Gordon Lownds was living the entrepreneurial dream as a successful co-founder of the burgeoning Sleep Country business. At the same time, his personal life was a nightmare. Divorced ...

The subject of addiction swirls with myths and misinformation. It doesn’t help that so many people seem to believe that their own struggle with addiction — or a few drop-ins to Alcoholics Anonymous ...

As Sleep Country Canada was becoming one of the country’s most successful homegrown brands, one of its co-founders was in the fight for his life against crack cocaine addiction. After 26-years sober, ...

The ex-soccer star argued his resignation from York University 'was forced on him as a result of … discrimination and harassment’ You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

Study: Molecular and circuit determinants in the globus pallidus mediating control of cocaine-induced behavioral plasticity. Image Credit: Alex Mit / Shutterstock.com Ventral tegmental area dopamine ...