Researcher finds key clues about 'betel nut' addiction that plagues millions worldwide
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 20:50
in Health & Medicine
For hundreds of millions of people around the world, chewing betel nut produces a cheap, quick high but also raises the risk of addiction and oral cancer. Now, new findings reveal how the nut's psychoactive chemical works in the brain and suggest that an addiction treatment may already exist.