Researchers Reveal Connection Between Female Estrogen Cycle and Cocaine Addiction Hormonal fluctuations make women particularly sensitive, compared to men, to the addictive properties of cocaine, according to a new study.
Addictive Cravings Still Detectable After Death This addictive craving is stored in a sort of "memory" function and, surprisingly, can still be detected after death.
New Vaccine Surprises its Creators by Lowering the Risk of Fatal Opioid Overdose "We saw both blunting of the drug's effects and, remarkably, prevention of drug lethality.”
Smoking Marijuana Could Help Alcoholics and Opioid Addicts Treat Their Addictions Research suggests addicts could use cannabis as “an exit drug to reduce the use of substances that are potentially more harmful.”
Alcoholism Research: A Virus Could Manipulate Neurons to Reduce the Desire to Drink Researchers infected "alcoholic" mice with a genetically-engineered virus, demonstrating the possibility for a potential treatment option.
Scientists Create First Porous Acupuncture Needles to Enhance Therapeutic Properties Applying nanotechnology to acupuncture may help treat alcohol and cocaine addictions.
Combining Meth With Exercise May Help Meth Addicts Recover, Study Suggests "Our experiments show that it might be possible to use methamphetamine to treat meth addiction itself, by associating drug usage with a stimuli that's not harmful: exercise.”
Mental Illness Genetically Linked to Drug Use and Misuse Researchers found that genetic risks for both schizophrenia and depression were linked with cannabis and cocaine use, for example.