AddictionNews

Latest developments in causes and treatments

AddictionNews

AddictionNews

Month: March 2024

More States Allow Pharmacists to Prescribe Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

States are slowly allowing their pharmacists to prescribe opioid use disorder drugs buprenorphine and naltrexone.

Sugar, Addictiveness, and Dopamine

For people of all ages, ingesting sugar causes the brain to make dopamine and deliver it to other parts of the brain — which is exactly what illicit substances do.