Does it add anything to the debate if radio jocks smoke synthetic cannabis or journalists inject themselves with performance-enhancing drugs?

Help could be on the way for compulsive gamblers- scientists say drugs used to treat substance abuse could work for pathological gamblers too.

US researchers tested medications on two different groups of gamblers- those who are driven by urge and those who are unable to control their impulse to gamble.

Those driven by urge responded well to medications that block the brain opioid system or certain receptors for a neurotransmitter called glutamate.