NIDA’s Avant-Garde Awards support novel approaches for treating tobacco and cocaine addiction

Published September 27, 2010

NIDA’s Avant-Garde Awards support novel approaches for treating tobacco and cocaine addiction
A potential immunotherapy, a new gene therapy, an enzyme inhibitor, and a compound originally isolated from a Chinese herb are among the latest approaches scientists are proposing to treat addiction.
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The Addiction Files: How Do We Define Recovery?
America’s most visible portraits of recovery from addiction are not pretty. There’s the spoiled, out-of-control celebrity entering rehab to get a career boost (see Lohan, Lindsay), or to atone for bad behavior (see Gibson, Mel), then immediately relapsing into even … Continue reading →
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Stone Temple Pilots Suspend Tour
Stone Temple Pilots have suspended their current U.S. tour, postponing 10 shows in Texas, Oklahoma, and the Southeast. The band’s label did not offer an explanation in a statement, only saying the band will be taking a “short break” before resuming the tour October 8 in Tampa, FL. The announcement comes after frontman Scott Weiland’s bizarre rant at a Houston gig on Sunday, where the singer …
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