Drug makes rats less likely to imbibe alcohol

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180808134214.htm
Alcohol use disorders can have devastating effects on a person’s health, relationships and finances. Yet for some, the feeling they get when taking a drink temporarily outweighs these other concerns. Now, researchers have developed a new drug that could dampen alcohol’s effects on the brain’s ‘‘reward system,’’ causing rats to self-administer the beverage less frequently.