This Week in Addiction News

Some fascinating new science this week: Will we soon be able to block addiction via the immune system?

And a compilation of new and old news. Here’s Bath Salts: the Masterpost.

While mindfulness and harm reduction are rarely misplaced, Dr. Peele’s mockery of “abstinence fixation” strikes me as a childish and possibly dangerous analogy.

Is “sex addiction” a valid diagnosis? Should it be permissible as a defense in court? Tell us what you think in the comments!

And finally, from Dirk Hanson, an excellent post on marijuana prohibition.