Craving a Cure: A Virtual Meth House Serves as Fodder for Addiction Studies

Published October 9, 2010

Craving a Cure: A Virtual Meth House Serves as Fodder for Addiction Studies
Virtual worlds offer millions of online visitors the chance to ride a dragon or build a fake real estate empire. Addiction researchers have discovered that these communities can also produce something very real–drug cravings–which may help scientists develop and test new treatments for substance abuse. Researchers have struggled for decades with the problem of reproducing so-called …
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