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SEPTEMBER 21, 2000

Since honeybees, like humans, consume alcohol voluntarily, scientists believe they are ripe candidates for testing of the drug Antabuse.

Antabuse is a drug that makes alcoholics sick when they consume alcohol in hopes that they stop. Researchers at Oklahoma State University are now giving honeybees the drug and say it appears to have an effect.

Other animals have to be injected alcohol or tricked into drinking it. But honeybees appear to drink it willingly.

Get the Story:
Alcoholism Drug May Be Tested On Honeybees (AP 9/21)

More on Antabuse:
Study Shows a Combination of Antabuse and Buprenorphine May Be Effective in Treating Those Addicted to Cocaine (NIH 6/14)
How Alcoholic Patients Feel about Two Anti-Alcohol Medications (hr-resource.com May 1999)