Targeting Brain Circuits for Addiction, Relapse

Published May 24, 2010

Addict Talks About Drug Abuse
Allegations of drug abuse in the Stephen Nodine case have us taking a closer look at the temptation of prescription painkillers.

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A beacon of hope for victims of domestic abuse
For the past nine years, the James House has served as Hopewell’s beacon of hope for victims of sexual and domestic abuse. Every year, volunteers and professionals at the outreach center on Maplewood Avenue help more than a thousand clients, who seek su

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Targeting brain circuits for addiction, relapse
Could a once-a-month alcoholism shot keep some of the highest-risk heroin addicts from relapse? A drug that wakes up narcoleptics treat cocaine addiction? An old antidepressant fight methamphetamine? This is the next frontier in substance abuse: Better…