AddictionNews

Latest developments in causes and treatments

AddictionNews

AddictionNews

Year: 2024

Food Addiction vs. Eating Addiction

Does it make a difference whether obesity is the result of food addiction or eating addiction?

How the Demonization of Addiction Costs Municipalities Lives and Money

Due to stigma and moral hazard, many communities suffer more overdose deaths, lost income and unreimbursed costs.

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.

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Addiction Treatment

A team of researchers at Dartmouth University is using AI to scan thousands of social media posts in search of better addiction treatment.