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Published online 18 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.961

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Virtual drug den to aid addiction research

'Meth-Apartment' can help induce cravings to test therapies.

As you walk into the room, the first thing you notice are the empty beer bottles, syringes and cigarette butts on the table. That's just before you take in the smoke-stained walls and spot two people sitting on the bed, shooting up.

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