HOUSTON — Addicts in a new study at the
University of Houston will strap on virtual reality headsets and
navigate a "heroin cave" to help them try and kick their addictions.
Researchers are looking to see if making their
way through a simulated house party crammed with stimuli aimed at
evoking cravings for the drug will help better equip those who suffer
from addiction to do so in the real world.
The heroin environments, a house party where the
drug is snorted and one where it is injected, took nearly a year to
complete to ensure realism, its creators said.
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Source: NBC News
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