Simply Irresistible
Ancient Greek wanderers knew something modern mortgage agents and serial snackers don't: It's easy to overestimate your willpower to resist.
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Addiction
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Addiction Advances Haven’t Made AA Obsolete — Yet
Although they approach the challenge of addiction differently from scientists, 12-step programs still have a therapeutic role in helping human beings.
Freeze! You’re Under Examination
Making sure people get health care when they leave prison saves taxpayer money and protects public health. It may even help them stay out of prison.
Been Caught Stealing: A Drug That Fights Kleptomania
A drug used to treat alcoholics and heroin addicts shows promise in treating those addicted to theft.
Hey, Grandpa, Pass the Xbox Controller
It's little remarked upon, but there's a thriving culture of video gaming among people who can legitimately join AARP, and intergenerational communication may just be the better for it.
Addiction Is Just the Start of Nicotine’s Bodily Harm
You can add this to the list of things that are unhealthy about smoking cigarettes: Not only is nicotine addictive, it can interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body.
Raise Taxes, Lower Alcohol Consumption
Policymakers have experimented with of various ways of reducing excess alcohol consumption, but the most effective tool may be the simplest: Use targeted taxes to increase the price.
Needle Exchange
Some readers say our article on a "harm reduction" approach to the drug problem is, itself, harmful.
Sugar Addiction is Real
A Princeton University presents evidence that sugar can be physically addictive.
Tobacco That Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Lungs
Necessity, or addiction, is indeed the mother of invention.