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How does alcohol affect your brain?
Explore how alcohol affects your brain, from the first sip at the bar to life-long drinking habits.
New drug capsule may allow weekly HIV treatment
This new pill could make it easier for people to stick to the treatment.
Can Giving Ayahuasca to Prisoners Reduce Recidivism?
The Brazilian government has been trying to answer this very question in its ever-growing prison population, which has doubled since the year 2000.
What drug-addicted soldiers can teach us about addiction and recovery
19% of American soldiers returned from Vietnam addicted to heroin. 95% of them recovered without relapse. How?
Columbia Professor: The War on Drugs Is a War on Race
Personifying certain drugs as evil while calling opioid users “victims” points a glaring spotlight on drug policies that aren't really about public health.
Experts Call For Sugar to Be Treated As a Drug
Just like alcohol, nicotine and other narcotics, sugar tickles our dopamine receptors in just the right way, inspiring our brain’s reward system. How will this end for us?
Why Seattle’s Plan to Help Heroin Addicts Isn’t Crazy
Seattle has a new plan to reduce HIV, drug overdoses, and stray needles: it wants to let addicts shoot heroin and smoke crack legally in monitored spaces.