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Art: The Science Gallery opens in London

26 September 2018

From heroin to Playstation, we are all users argues Hooked, a captivating show to launch a gallery with ambitions to demolish the boundaries around science

Skin genetically engineered to destroy cocaine could prevent addiction

17 September 2018

Engineered skin cells inserted beneath the skin of mice help destroy cocaine in the blood before it reaches the brain – and the therapy might work in people too

Opioid crisis: powerful but non-addictive drug could replace morphine

29 August 2018

An opioid drug that is 100 times more effective at providing pain relief than morphine has no apparent addictive properties in monkeys

Opioid painkillers are prescribed more in northern England

13 February 2018

The opioid crisis may have crossed the Atlantic, with signs that opioid painkillers are prescribed more in England in socially-deprived areas in the north

5 moments that made Big Tech big

7 February 2018

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google’s success relies on our attention – here are the key innovations that ensured they kept us grabbed by the eyeballs

Trump's 90-day plan for opioids has failed – here's a better one

31 January 2018

Deaths caused by accidental drug overdoses in the US now exceed those from motor vehicle incidents and guns. The government has been all talk and little action

The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

31 January 2018

The "cuddle chemical" oxytocin boosts social bonds. Soon a version of it will be tested in pill form to see if it can reset the brain wiring that gets us hooked

We've stopped trusting social media – and that's a good thing

23 January 2018

I'm one of the growing number of users cynical about social networks such as Facebook. But there are upsides to all this digital doubt, says Lara Williams

Finland to trial nasal spray as gambling addiction treatment

10 January 2018

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