Addiction
90s skate prodigy Brandon Turner on addiction and recovery
Living the dream soon turned into a nightmare for skater Brandon Turner. Yet Turner eventually found a route to recovery and redemption through skateboarding.
Written by: Miss Rosen
What it’s like to overcome addiction with psychedelics
Trip to recovery — When it comes to depression, the power of psychedelics is well-established – and now, research is highlighting the drug’s potential for treating substance abuse.
Written by: Amelie Maurice-Jones
A harrowing & humanising portrait of the US opioid crisis
The human cost — As America enters its third wave of the opioid epidemic, a new exhibition brings together the work of four photographers to grapple with the ongoing questions surrounding the crisis.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A photographer's struggle with drugs in Midwest USA
Learning to let go — After realising his life has been defined by addiction, Jordan Gale found a way out through photography. But in documenting his social life, the 24-year-old had to face some uncomfortable truths about himself and his loved ones.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The magazine sold by drug addicts to feed their habits
Illegal Magazine — For four years, Illegal magazine has been speaking honestly about drugs in Denmark, providing a source of income for addicts in the process while not passing judgement. Now the publication is hitting the streets of London.
Written by: Tenelle Ottley-Matthew
Battling depression and addiction at London’s homeless boxing club
Step into the ring — Members of Caris Boxing Club might be marked out as anti-social, dirty and unsafe on the street, but at London's homeless boxing club they're standing up and fighting back.
Written by: Matt Broomfield
Tackling porn addiction: a musician speaks up
An artificial intimacy — For Jesse Mac Cormack, the world of online porn can be seductive in all the wrong ways: a source of disconnection that messes with your brain and alters expectations in the bedroom.
Written by: Cian Traynor
American Juggalo 2: Into the heart of America’s most misunderstood subculture
Whoop whoop! — Independent filmmaker Sean Dunne returns to the world of the Juggalos and explains how psychedelics have given him a new way to empathise and connect with his subjects.
Written by: Alex King
Steve Cisar
The Missing Years — BMX star Steve Cisar is fighting his way back to the top after a major crash and heroin addiction blew his career off course.
Written by: Alex King