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Steve O'Keefe

The Golden Rule of Habit Change

Big Think has assembled a montage of three brilliant thinkers on habit substitution.

Genome-Wide Association Study Tells Us Almost Nothing About Cannabis Addiction

Genetic studies appear to prove that our genes have almost nothing to do with cannabis addiction.

Is Smartphone Addiction a Workplace Security Threat?

Forbes notices that smartphone addiction is a workplace security threat. We offer some suggestions.

Pain, Addiction, and the PVT

The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) – a node in the brain – could be the connection between addiction and pain.

The Persistence of Substance Use Disorders

A trio of surveys looks at treatment attrition rates for substance use disorders and finds women and Hispanics are underserved.

New Study Uses GLP-1 Drugs to Map the Pathways of Addiction

A summary of the research on GLP-1 drugs and addiction brings us one step closer to a unified theory of addiction.