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Alcoholic fruit may help plants recruit mammals to spread their seeds

Measurements of alcohol levels in fruits collected in a Costa Rican forest reveal that those eaten by mammals contain higher levels of alcohol

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Nematode worms get the ‘munchies’ after having cannabis-like substance

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Why expanding access to Narcan in the US won’t solve the opioid crisis

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Wine experts’ unique nasal microbiome may affect their smell and taste

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Drug overdose deaths have quadrupled among older US adults

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Drunk mice sober up twice as fast when given hormone injection

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Why gene variant impairing alcohol breakdown raises heart disease risk

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Drinking more alcohol after a traumatic event may increase PTSD risk

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Genetic variants may influence the likelihood we will smoke or drink alcohol

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Thousands of genetic variants may influence smoking and alcohol use

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Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves

Researchers have reproduced the entire biochemical pathway for how coca plants make cocaine in another plant, which could help people manufacture the drug for scientific study

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Society

US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

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Psilocybin therapy seems to help some people give up drinking alcohol

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Exceeding weekly alcohol recommendations linked to short chromosomes

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Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction

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