New research coming out of Australia is finding that the brain’s immune system may actually be involved in the addiction process, opening new opportunities for treatment. The VA and the Army are contributing to the pill addiction problem. The VA in particular has been prescribing and over-prescribing “drug cocktails,”usually a sleeping pill, anti-anxiety medication, an anti-depressant, and an anti-psychotic-and sometimes even a stimulant – the classic speedball. And more on food addiction with news that many boys have bulimia.