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  "id": 6455875,
  "title": "Earliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/earliest-evidence-of-habitual-drug-use-found-in-teeth-in-indonesia",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-09T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Scientist",
    "slug": "new-scientist",
    "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/2588277-earliest-evidence-of-habitual-drug-use-found-in-teeth-in-indonesia/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Strange, rounded grooves in prehistoric teeth are thought to have been made by regularly sucking whole betel nuts to extract a pain-relieving compound. This marks the earliest known example of probable substance addiction",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Indonesia’s wildfire emissions surge to world’s highest, data shows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/indonesias-wildfire-emissions-surge-to-worlds-highest-data-shows",
        "published": "2026-09-09T15:30:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "World's oldest evidence of habitual drug use traced back 25,000 years to Indonesia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/worlds-oldest-evidence-of-habitual-drug-use-traced-back-25-000-years",
        "published": "2026-09-09T18:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}