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The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found the effect occurs in the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), a region that regulates stress and emotion.

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A popular class of therapies for treating diabetes and obesity may also have the potential to treat alcohol and drug addiction, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...

The initiative is to give those who struggle with substance abuse a safe place to walk into a law enforcement facility with their drugs or paraphernalia with no legal trouble.

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Ex-detective Maggie Oliver quit Greater Manchester Police after the force failed to act on allegations of widespread child grooming and sex abuse.

Treatment also is useless unless it’s accompanied by life change, Walter said. People need “recovery capital” to succeed — ...