addiction

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When activated, it reduces pain over a sustained period without interfering with normal sensations or activating reward pathways associated with addiction.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The top concerns in a survey of residents were homelessness and addiction, Horton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

The immediate trigger for Thursday’s fall was fear of a wave of legal judgments against the company after a jury found Meta liable in a social-media addiction case.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

What YouTube and Meta’s loss in the “social media addiction trial” could mean for your feed.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

In March 1995, the Idaho Statesman had run an article about the so-called phenomenon of Internet addiction.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz