Cornell Professor Reports Progress on Vaccine for Cocaine Addiction
At a conference in New Orleans, Dr. Stephen M. Kaminsky reported positive results from a phase 2 trial on a vaccine for cocaine addiction.
Massive Medicaid Study Reveals Problems With Addiction Treatment
A study of all Medicaid claims shows almost no transition from overdose to addiction treatment.
Selling Addiction: Practice Makes Perfect
A telltale sign of hyper-processing is that people tend to eat the stuff fast, and the instantaneous delivery of reward molecules to the human system, especially the brain, seems to be an important facet of the irresistibility.
Chatbots and Psychological Resilience
A pair of studies from China demonstrate that chatbots are effective at improving psychological resilience.
Is Revenge An Addiction?
A legal scholar, psychiatrist, and neuroscientist says revenge is an addiction that can be treated like behavioral and substance use disorders.
The Origins of the Opioid Epidemic: The Johnson & Johnson Story
Johnson & Johnson’s contributions to the opioid epidemic are laid out in a new book and in The New Republic.