{"id":515209,"date":"2026-03-05T04:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515209\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T04:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:25:08","slug":"what-to-know-about-how-glp-1-medications-such-as-ozempic-and-mounjaro-might-fight-addiction-toronto-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515209\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about how GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro might fight addiction &#8211; Toronto Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwJBVV95cUxPczhPLTgzd0x1OEtmd2dYUmFidnV0MEIyMmdUS1lGN2k3cGlJVGE5WU9zOHY5X05OMEJOVmYzWnNndk5DU2RZMVhnZHNLLWVUMk15cDdMSjRqMVcxelgzYjFpd04yM3A5WGVrR2hOR3pFZk1GekVMN1RxVlI4aHVYYWhOUm1kNlpUQXhkczNxZU5aMmVJSWhQck84WDlJRXJzdVhoVDJtVWhqUUpHZm1aenVxNkw3eGZwaGNJZEdGOEFKUzRxbnZxVy1vY3ZlQlU2dGxCMEpMUzFZYllMeElGRFZPbEQ0U3IySXhBMFlVZ0t4Q2R4TjBLYzBWSTVjZHRXNHUtdjhYYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What to know about how GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro might fight addiction<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNc3I1SVQ2TGhWbDROMDQxWkREZzhZMjZ2cFRxVHltR3FMekxaTE51cVh6Z0FLTUhsNTRQazgyUE8tdE9YVk83QUFfTERXYUppT2JFTHpfbVJZcTJETUdiX0pGNmlDUlFuS0FSal93aGJqX1U4dU1nY2tmaEVxWk5wNW1tTmxrNkR0bVM2N3h1OHVQYVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Weight loss drugs may stop people getting addicted to drugs and alcohol, study finds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxORkhCU1BQeXF0LVJCcWN6Rm53dXdmM3oyX016dDRHM3JMa3UtOVFtSGk2djR3VUNHLTNFMnpwNEUtZm41NnRYbmVmbzFianZhVzd3cE5WSTRVdDAxMGx6TlNoa1Q2d2V4dTJuYWszYWxKMURBZV9sR2NYZUNIeDhwQUJ4SVpvQ2k5TGtMZ2taZi12dnN4MjlaYkI4RU9YMFI3aTRqbUNtZFZ5VkFETnFqd1lnZ05OZEZYemJvX3oyLW1HMWpBS2tNejRMSEViSkVzQ25IQkJB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Could popular weight loss drugs become the new treatment for addiction? Evidence is starting to mount<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNRDBvOU9TSU4wU0NHQUJla2ZmUERGMVpMVWc3aVF5MzkwNnVLdUxuemtlMEVFaXRLR3RPYnd3clc4ZnpvczdUclM1VVFtVk1oYU9QU0FwZGJFdkQ3RGc0VGxrSnlFUW9SQVpNcjAtc0lERlVHQm9TS3k2QjZiMTBSVzlwenJ5eTVGNF8wcllDNXJZZ0xYeWR6T25WVGdGZFY2ejgxMGJfeDk4MjlhSGdHS1hR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GLP-1 Drugs Tied to Fewer Addictions, Overdoses in Large Study<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Bloomberg.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPTm12aWRiM25Ta3hUOEo4WHpoMl9JWGFtenlTQVVuT1pYLVlmRTEzQUtmNWZEYmUwcHFDQi1GTTNUYXdNaW9aVDVmM1F2cEF5Uk1PWEtNbm1OZnFteFlQSlNPNllYbVdKRmxES050bmtmUG8yRnotZkI1SHllZ0hiaE43eWstaDJZZzN4U1VSblZDdXc2ckNYV3ZmdHFNbjZLbFhOc2FUcFFUU05nbHIxMFpOSUpvbWwtcmdSMy00eHVRNXJMcEJxcERUOEJfQ0k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know about how GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Mounjaro might fight addiction&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto StarWeight loss drugs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3013,49,48,171371,84,204070,2033,890,38860,66,26616,696,182,5350,1617],"class_list":["post-515209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-3013","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-glp","tag-health","tag-health-lifestyle-science","tag-know","tag-lifestyle","tag-med","tag-science","tag-substance","tag-to","tag-us","tag-use","tag-what"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}