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While the global recession sees many businesses suffer, experts are increasingly warning that rehab centers can expect to become increasingly busy as more people struggle with addictions.
A prison in Baltimore is helping drug-addicted inmates to tackle their problem with an unusual form of addiction treatment.
A rehab clinic in Cumbria focussed on helping people beat their alcohol and drug addiction problems has been awarded £400,000 to continue its work.
New research has suggested that Scottish and Irish drinkers are more at risk of drink-related death than Welsh or English people in the UK, suggesting the countries need more rehab clinics to provide addiction treatment.
Drug addicts across the UK have been learning to tackle their addiction through sport, with a five-a-side tournament in Wiltshire helping in their addiction treatment.
An increasing number of people in the UK are suffering from gambling addictions, it has been claimed.
So-called drug courts in Harris County, Texas, have helped local people with drug problems to get the addiction treatment they need to turn their lives around.
Local campaigners in Spalding, Lincolnshire, have raised concerns over an increase in the number of betting shops in the town centre, amid fears that it could result in an increase in people seeking out rehab centres for addiction treatment.
New US president Barack Obama has moved away from the old rhetoric of the White House by focussing on drug addiction treatment rather than a war on drugs.
Prime minister Gordon Brown has given a cautious welcome to plans to tackle alcohol addiction and problem drinkers, saying he will not punish the majority because of the actions of a few.