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As pharmaceutical companies begin taking ownership of the opioid epidemic in America, those affected by the issue are working to break their addiction. A recent NBC News article discussed a new strategy designed to help in their effort. The concept is in clinical trials at West Virginia’s University’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, and it involves deep brain stimulation to kill cravings.

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