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Cocaine Laced With Animal De-Wormer Ups Addiction Potential

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A common and potentially toxic additive called levamisole increases the addiction potential of cocaine by making the stimulant drug more rewarding to the brain, research from the Temple University School…

Researchers Discover Brain Changes Behind Sex Addiction

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Certain changes in brain function help distinguish people with sex addiction from others not affected by this condition, according to recent findings from a group of British and American researchers.

New Study Brings Scientists Closer to Blocking Effects of Cocaine

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Coming up with a medical treatment for cocaine abusers is one of the holy grails of addiction research, and a new study from Denmark provides hope for an antidote to…

Genetic Disposition No Excuse for Cheating on Your Partner

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The science of infidelity is still in its infancy, but recent studies have suggested that genetic factors may partly explain why some people are more likely than others to cheat…

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How to Rethink Your Shopping Habit Before It Becomes an Addiction

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Are you addicted to shopping? If you’ve asked yourself this, you need to stop and consider what role shopping and spending play in your life. Shopping addiction, also known as…

Addicts Stay Clean With Paid Work, Drug Testing

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Providing paid work with regular drug tests is effective in helping addicts overcome addiction, according to currently available evidence. Contrary to the stereotype of the addict who’s unable to hold…

New CDC Study: “Vaping” Triples Among Adolescents

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When news hit that middle and high school student use of electronic cigarettes has tripled, alarm bells rang. After all, the numbers had doubled the previous year, and further sign…

President Obama Considers Lifting Federal Ban on Marijuana

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President Barack Obama recently announced in an interview that he would consider changing federal laws banning marijuana if enough states voted to legalize the drug. Twenty-three states have laws on…

Rural Residents Less Likely to Get Life-Saving Overdose Drug Naloxone

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Many more people could be saved from heroin and prescription opioid deaths if more frontline rescuers were trained to use the overdose reversal drug naloxone, the Centers for Disease Control…

Scientists Are Onto Antidote for Cocaine Addiction

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An antidote for the brain and behavioral effects of cocaine addiction may be on the horizon, according to the current findings of a group of Danish researchers.

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Category: Articles>Addiction Research

Category: Articles>Addiction Research

Cocaine Laced With Animal De-Wormer Ups Addiction Potential

Researchers Discover Brain Changes Behind Sex Addiction

New Study Brings Scientists Closer to Blocking Effects of Cocaine

Genetic Disposition No Excuse for Cheating on Your Partner

How to Rethink Your Shopping Habit Before It Becomes an Addiction

Addicts Stay Clean With Paid Work, Drug Testing

New CDC Study: “Vaping” Triples Among Adolescents

President Obama Considers Lifting Federal Ban on Marijuana

Rural Residents Less Likely to Get Life-Saving Overdose Drug Naloxone

Scientists Are Onto Antidote for Cocaine Addiction

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