February 6, 2022 | MPP alumna Henna Hundal has penned a new article for USA Today, delving into the the addiction and overdose crisis that has caused devastation across the United States, Canada, and many other countries around the world. 

Read the article.

Classified as: max bell school, max bell school of public policy, Henna Hundal, mpp perspectives, addiction, fentanyl
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Published on: 9 Feb 2022

We all know people who, seemingly incapable of living without the bright screen of their phone for more than a few minutes, are constantly texting and checking out what friends are up to on social media.

These are examples of what many consider to be the antisocial behaviour brought on by smartphone addiction, a phenomenon that has garnered media attention in the past few months and led  investors and consumers to demand that tech giants address this problem.

But what if we were looking at things the wrong way? Could smartphone addiction be hyper-social, not anti-social?

Classified as: Smartphone, addiction, Samuel Veissière, social interaction, society and culture
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Published on: 6 Feb 2018

A new study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry by a team led by Salah El Mestikawy, Ph.D., researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’île-de-Montréal), professor at McGill University and head of research at CNRS INSERM UPMC in Paris, opens the field to new understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying addiction in humans.

Classified as: addiction, McGill University, neurons, Salah El Mestikawy, The Douglas
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Published on: 4 Aug 2015

January 29, 2013 - Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex addiction takes hold and how.  Addiction could be a result of abnormal communication between two areas of the frontal lobes linked to decision-making.  The discovery will undoubtedly stimulate clinical work on new therapies for millions of people who suffer from addiction.

Classified as: neuroscience, addiction, brain, smoking, neurological disease, drugs, Neuro, Alan Evans, decision-making, TMS
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Published on: 5 Feb 2013
Despite obvious motivation for quitting, 2/3 of patients will resume smoking within twelve months
Classified as: addiction, heart disease, medicine, smoking
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Published on: 29 Jan 2013

Addiction to cigarettes, drugs and other stimulants has been linked in the past to the brain’s frontal lobes, but now there is scientific evidence that indicates where in the frontal cortex addiction takes hold and how.  Addiction could be a result of abnormal communication between two areas of the frontal lobes linked to decision-making.  The discovery will undoubtedly stimulate clinical work on new therapies for millions of people who suffer from addiction.

Classified as: addiction, brain, medicine, Montreal Neurological Institute
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Published on: 29 Jan 2013

Genes predict the brain’s reaction to smoking 

Classified as: addiction, brain, genetics, images, metabolism, scan, smoking, treatment
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Published on: 20 Sep 2012
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