--- description: Could we ‘turn off’ the urge to drink, #MeToo in medicine and more. title: Could We ‘Turn Off’ the Urge to Drink? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Could We ‘Turn Off’ the Urge to Drink? by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2018 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2018 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Could we fight alcoholism by ‘turning off’ the urge to drink?**](https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu/building-breaking-connections-neuronal-networks-influence-alcoholism/ "undefined") By Christina Sumners in _Vital Record at Texas A&M University Health Science Center_ **2\.** [**#MeToo in medicine: Women in health professions are speaking out on sexual harassment.**](https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sexual-misconduct/harassed-hospitals-operating-rooms-women-medicine-await-their-metoo-moment-n846031 "undefined") By Elizabeth Chuck at _NBC News_ **3\.** [**Here’s how we could weave copper into hospital uniforms to slash infections.**](http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/infection-outbreaks-at-hospitals-could-be-reduced-by-copper-coated-uniforms/ "undefined") By the _University of Manchester_ **4\.** [**Occupational licensing stifles innovation and worsens inequality.**](https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21737053-how-high-earning-professions-lock-their-competitors-out-market-occupational "undefined") By the _Economist_ **5\.** [**Do wildlife documentaries fool us into thinking that the natural world is doing fine?**](https://thewire.in/225011/jungle-living-rooms/ "undefined") By Adityavikram and Arefa Tehsin in the _Wire_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5166634/could-we-turn-off-the-urge-to-drink/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5166634/could-we-turn-off-the-urge-to-drink/"},"headline":"Could We ‘Turn Off’ the Urge to Drink?","datePublished":"2018-02-20T17:00:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:05.392Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5166634/could-we-turn-off-the-urge-to-drink/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Environment","Innovation","health","alcoholism","Business","MeToo"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5166634/could-we-turn-off-the-urge-to-drink/","name":"Could We ‘Turn Off’ the Urge to Drink?"}}]}] ```