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Big Tobacco cries foul after hardline UN tobacco control treaty
Big Tobacco companies moved to counter the hard line taken by a World Health Organization global tobacco control treaty, including its decision that new ‘vaping’ products...
WHO’s anti-smoking treaty clashes with nicotine vaping industry
The World Health Organization conference on smoking control has not endorsed industry arguments that new smokeless nicotine products are better alternatives to smoking traditional...
Cannabis addiction linked to altered connectivity in the brain’s striatum
New neuroimaging research published in Human Brain Mapping suggests that cannabis use disorder is associated with specific changes in the functional connectivity of the...
Workplace and Recovery – How US employers and employees handle addiction
Nearly three-quarters of US employers feel guilty about how they have handled employees’ drug or alcohol addiction-related problems, according to a survey of 737...
'Desperate crisis' as addiction services reach fewer people in England
The number of people in England hooked on drink or drugs who are being treated for their addiction is falling, prompting claims of a...
WHO’s afraid of vaping?
For the second time in two years, I sat in the public gallery at a United Nations conference in Geneva as a senior UN...
Dopamine drives early addiction to heroin – Study
Scientists in Europe and the United States have made a major advance in untangling the brain circuits that lead to the powerful addictive effects...
New cannabis tech is boosting industry – and user experience
Ancient Egyptians heated herbs and oils on hot stones to create potent vapours they could inhale. Today, the fastest-growing segment in cannabis is the old-fashioned...
Juul e-cigarettes pose addiction risk for young users – Study
Teens and young adults who use Juul brand e-cigarettes are failing to recognise the product's addictive potential, despite using it more often than their...
Amid deepening addiction crisis, FDA approves powerful new opioid
Despite the ongoing opioid crisis plaguing America, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a new opioid medication five to 10 times more powerful...