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Finland to trial nasal spray as gambling addiction treatment

Next week, a trial in Finland will begin testing a nasal spray in problem gamblers. The spray contains a drug normally used to reverse opioid overdoses

News

Harvey Weinstein

Health

Fight continues over whether sex addiction is a real thing

News

Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

Health

Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

News

Woman at slot machines

Technology

Children are becoming problem gamblers due to a legal loophole

Analysis

People using smart phones

Technology

Addicted to tech? A brain chemical imbalance may be to blame

News

A selection of beers and ciders

Health

Why we should celebrate Scotland’s minimum alcohol price plan

Comment

A row of three fixed-odds betting machines with a man sat at the machine on the right

Humans

UK’s plan to tackle ‘crack cocaine’ of gambling lacks evidence

Analysis

Gamers

Technology

Gaming addiction probably isn’t a real condition, study suggests

News

Harvey Weinstein

Health

Sex addiction isn’t an illness, treating it as one is a bad idea

Analysis

Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

Health

Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

The Australian government is planning to trial random drug tests for welfare recipients, but similar policies have had little benefit in New Zealand and the US

News

Health

Could cannabis help crack cocaine addicts kick the habit?

News

Health

A small class-action lawsuit could stop the US opioid epidemic

Analysis