Facebook, who recently vowed to take opioid sales and promotion on their platform more seriously in the wake of several Congressional hearings about their platform, has now decided to help fight addiction. For Facebook users, this means that when they are searching for the drug via the platform, they will instead find resources to help
In 2004, Stanford neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth pioneered research into a new way to treat addiction. Optogenetics, a treatment using light to stimulate neurons in the brain, has been used to study drug addiction, anxiety, Parkinson’s disease, depression, and autism. In 2013 researchers found that stimulating one region of the brain with light appeared to reduce
A Kentucky lawsuit against Walgreens claims the chain played a significant role in the local opioid epidemic. Thursday’s complaint, filed by Attorney General Andy Beshear, says that the retailer used "unlawful business practices" to fuel the epidemic in Kentucky. The AG says that for more than ten years, Walgreens willingly filled large amounts of
