Why Drug Discovery Is Hard – Part 2: Easter Island, Pit Vipers; Where Do Drugs …

Published January 11, 2014

Why drug discovery is hard – Part 2: Easter Island, Pit Vipers; Where do drugs …
Filed under: cocaine addiction dopamine
The Bolivians had no idea that coca leaves contained cocaine and Hippocrates had no idea that willow bark contains salicylic acid (from which aspirin is made), but they all knew that there was something in plant and animal extracts that could mitigate … Read more on Scientific American (blog)

Can you actually become addicted to food?
Filed under: cocaine addiction dopamine
If you're having trouble swearing off the chocolate cake or large sodas, could an addiction to sugar be the culprit? Science is still split on whether or not people can become clinically addicted to food the same way they can to drugs like cocaine or … Read more on 89.3 KPCC