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Boozing mice get the blues when they dry out

Mice that drink show depression-like behaviour when alcohol is withdrawn, suggesting that alcoholics may need treatment when they give up

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Boozy tree shrews avoid fermented fruit hangovers

Alcoholic nectar is an essential part of the tree shrews' diet, but the animals avoid the effects of alcohol by metabolising most of it

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/18d5eb9/story01.htm

Olympic cheats: Creating a culture that rejects doping

Figuring out why some athletes take drugs while others stay clean might be the key to deterring doping (full text available to subscribers)

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/18dd72b/story01.htm

Coming soon: A jab for addiction

The next generation of vaccines could help people overcome everything from drug addiction to obesity (full text available to subscribers)

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Tree shrews could drink humans under the table

Nectar-sipping shrews spend much of the time drinking alcohol but don't get drunk ? they may help us understand what drives the human taste for alcohol

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/18dd730/story01.htm

Getting inside the minds of athletes who cheat

Figuring out why some athletes take drugs while others stay clean might be the key to deterring doping (full text available to subscribers)

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/18e27aa/story01.htm

A vaccine for modern living

The next generation of vaccines could help people overcome everything from drug addiction to obesity (full text available to subscribers)

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Marijuana takes on colon cancer

A component of marijuana shrinks colon tumours in mice, but would represent only half of a potential treatment

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/191dfa1/story01.htm

Cannabis compound clue to colon cancer

Smoking marijuana may not be the healthiest way to do it, but taking substances similar to those found in cannabis might one day help to treat colon cancer

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/19abf10/story01.htm

Drug could protect fetuses from mothers' drinking

Researchers have stopped alcohol from depleting cells in the brains of the fetuses of pregnant sheep

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/1a7e858/story01.htm

'Beer goggles' are real - it's official

For the first time, a controlled scientific experiment has shown that people's faces do seem more attractive when we have been drinking

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/1a7e857/story01.htm

Interview: The drugs are alright

dropped back into mainstream society to help back new work into the therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs (full text available to subscribers)

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Interview: The psychedelic pioneer

dropped back into mainstream society to help back new work into the therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs (full text available to subscribers)

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Interview: Keeping the psychedelic dream alive

dropped back into mainstream society to help conduct new work into the therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs (full text available to subscribers)

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10916/s/1c29a31/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Cchannel0Cbeing0Eh...

Cocaine 'flush' could be first anti-overdose drug

An enzyme has been used to create a molecule that could flush cocaine out of the body before it causes irreparable damage (full text available to subscribers)

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