China’s new march forward in addiction treatment: methadone for the masses.

American Journal of Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(2):123-6

Authors: Kosten TR, Gardner TJ

PMID: 18293228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

(Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)

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Video highlights just a few of the “ugly” parts of addiction-needle infections, withdrawal, self-multilation, etc. Background songs bring up Lortabs, Percoset, Oxys, Cocaine and more.
Music: Urban, rap and country. Length: 5 minutes.
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Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the brain’s ‘reward pathway’.Using mice specifically bred without the adenosine A2A receptor, Prof Andrew Lawrence and his team showed that these mice had a reduced desire to self-administer morphine; heroin is converted to morphine in the body.

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