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Overhyped “Study” That Claims Americans Are Hooked on Food Lacks Substance

...  “Study” that Claims Americans are Hooked on Food Lacks Substance Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) criticized a new “study” from Connecticut College undergraduates that found rats have a similar neurological reaction to eating Oreos as they… Continue reading

Shisha Smoking Is More Addictive Than Cocaine, Expert Says

...  Epidemiology Professor at the Florida International University and Director of the Syrian Centre for Tobacco Studies, revealed that smoking shisha is more addictive than cocaine, … Read more on gulfnews.com Study: Oreos are as addictive as cocaine Oreos are as… Continue reading

R. Douglas Wilkerson, [1944-2013]; Research Administrator at UT Taught

...  Douglas Wilkerson, [1944-2013]; Research administrator at UT taught … He was among the few researchers in the mid-1980s to study the cardiovascular effects of cocaine use, Mr. Schlender said. After basketball star Len Bias, 22, died of an apparent… Continue reading

Oreos as Addictive as Cocaine in Lab Rat Study

...  as addictive as cocaine in lab rat study Anyone who's ever eaten an Oreo knows how difficult it can be to eat just one. Scientists have long suspected that our brains crave junk food in the same way they… Continue reading

Study Suggests Oreos Are as Addictive as Drugs

...  suggests Oreos are as addictive as drugs We all know someone who's compared food to drugs (think "___ is my crack"), but a new study seems to suggest that the connection might be closer than you think. Results from… Continue reading

Oreo Cookies 'as Addictive as Cocaine' – and Lab Rats, Like Humans, Eat the

...  cookies 'as addictive as cocaine' – and lab rats, like humans, eat the … Oreo cookies are just as addictive and pleasurable as taking cocaine or morphine according to a study by Connecticut College students. Professor Joseph Schroeder and… Continue reading