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...alcoholic patients, based on experiences like Ameisen's. And yet even if the apparent anti-addiction benefits of the drug - which is currently approved by the government to treat muscle spasms - are borne out in human trials, it might do little to persuade most American addiction-treatment providers to use it. (Read "Can Amphetamines Help Cure Cocaine Addiction...
...Indeed, for decades, experts have debated whether drug addicts who cannot or will not quit should even be offered ongoing treatments that would reduce harm related to their drug abuse. Although many providers have recently become more open to new options, the majority of American addiction treatment continues to use the 12-step abstinence model...
Defendant Joel Tenenbaum was dealt a blow in the second-ever jury trial on file-sharing on Monday when Judge Nancy Gertner ruled against the unusual strategy his legal team had planned to use...
...Harvard Law School professor Charles R. Nesson '60, Tenenbaum's lawyers had said they would argue that downloading songs for non-commercial purposes constituted "fair use" of copyrighted material. If so, the plaintiffs--several large recording companies including Sony and Warner Bros--would not be justified in claiming millions in damages...
...PNAS study found that by swaying from one flexible tree branch to the next, orangutans actually use less energy than they would if they leaped from branch to branch, or if they climbed down trees, moved on the ground and climbed back up again. (The fact that the Sumatran tiger - before it became critically endangered - was a serious threat to the orangutan probably helped encourage tree travel.) Climbing helps the orangutan adapt neatly to its arboreal environment...