GLP-1s and Addiction: What Researchers Are Testing Now

PBS NewsHour reports a growing body of evidence that GLP-1 medications are not only helping millions with diabetes and weight loss but also proving effective at curbing people's desire for drugs and alcohol.

The same report follows researchers who are testing whether these medications can help tackle the country's addiction crisis.

Curbing a craving and treating an addiction are not the same achievement, and that is where the researchers' question lives. If the work holds up, the payoff would be unusual: a second use for a drug class that millions of people already take.