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The highly addictive drug methamphetamine, shown here in powder form, may become less difficult to kick, if scientists succeed in their efforts to harness the immune system to fight addiction.
View ArticleIllegal drug prices falling as purity, potency rise, research finds
The price of cocaine, heroin and marijuana have fallen over the last two decades while the purity and potency of these illegal drugs have risen, according to new research.
View ArticleRate of fatal overdoses involving pain medications slows, CDC says
Fatal overdoses involving prescription painkillers have increased every year for more than a decade, but a government study has found for the first time that the rate is slowing.
View ArticleFor most chronic pain, neurologists declare opioids a bad choice
Patients taking opioid painkillers for chronic pain not associated with cancer -- conditions such as headaches, fibromyalgia and low-back pain -- are more likely to risk overdose, addiction and a range...
View ArticleGenes drive our coffee habits, study finds
Are we wired to get wired? The folks at the Coffee and Caffeine Genetics Consortium believe so. They’ve found six new genetic variants associated with coffee consumption, in an analysis of about...
View ArticleOpioids prescribed by doctors led to 92,000 overdoses in ERs in one year
Prescription drug overdoses, a dangerous side effect of the nation’s embrace of narcotic painkillers, are a “substantial” burden on hospitals and the economy, according to a new study of emergency room...
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