Addiction

Drug harm is estimated by the Ministry of Health to cost the country $1.8 billion and wait times for rehab are stretching out to six months as the sector faces a chronic workforce shortage. Audio

Complex legal manoeuvrings and bankruptcy proceedings are underway as some large US pharmaceutical companies attempt to settle huge lawsuits arising out of the opioid epidemic. Drug maker Johnson and… Audio

For most of us, device overuse does not meet all of the above conditions so does not qualify as an addiction, according to behavioural sociologist Nir Eyal. He tells Kim Hil the myth that we're all… Audio

Cal Newport's latest book Digital Minimalism calls out our enslavement to digital devices. He explains why there is nothing natural about the engineered behaviour of checking your phone every five… Audio

Electronic gaming machines, or the pokies, are highly addictive. Sonia Sly investigates why problem gambling develops and how it is associated with other disorders. Audio

In this award winning documentary, Insight's reporter Teresa Cowie heads inside prison to find out more about the impact of New Zealand's meth epidemic. Video, Audio

Te Reo Hapai, a glossary of 200 mental health terms translated into Maori, was the brainchild of Keri Opai. Created two years ago, it's being used in kaupapa Maori mental health, addiction and… Audio

Tommy Kapai-Wilson has been doing some thinking about the by-law banning begging in Tauranga where he lives. Audio

Addiction is complicated. Judith Grisel knows that too well. She started drinking and taking drugs at 13 and is now 30 years sober and a neuroscientist who studies addiction and the brain.  Audio

University lecturer Gregory Smith details his sad childhood and his incredible tale of living in the bush in the book Out of the Forest. He talks to Jim Mora about how he dramatically turned his life… Audio

Author Chris McGreal talks about the USA's opioid drug epidemic and the systems that allowed it to happen in his book American Overdose: the Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts. Audio

The Health Minister is promising there will be big change in the mental health sector, on the back of the release of the 200-page mental health inquiry. But David Clark wasn't prepared to commit today… Audio

Our current mental health system ..is "under-resourced", "under pressure" and "unsustainable" according to a report released today by Mental Health & Addiction inquiry. And we can't medicate or treat… Video, Audio

Valerie Mason-John had the odds stacked against her from the moment her mother abandoned her as an infant. Her upbringing in foster homes and orphanages lead to a life of addiction, crime, eating… Audio

Johann Hari has had his share of criticism - those who say he's basically told people with depression to throw away their medication. But is that really what he's done? Local psychotherapist Kyle… Audio

Journalist and author Johann Hari says there's no silver bullet for rehabilitating an addict, but there's a wealth of evidence to suggest good old-fashioned human connection and a reason to get out of… Audio

Despite addiction often being tied up with other mental health problems, treatment tends to be separate and siloed - and aimed primarily at men - author, journalist and former addict Jenny Valentish… Audio