1. The Biology and Psychology of Drug Abuse
When a person uses a psychoactive drug and the affects that drug has also depends on the person's expectations, the social setting, and cultural beliefs and value. Addiction is known to be a brain disease or disorder, which affects multiple brain functions, including those involved in sending signals for reward and motivation, learning and memory, and inhibitory control over behavior. Being that drug abuse and addiction have so many dimensions and disrupt, this is not so simple to treat. ... Regardless of the initial source of the addiction, drug use dramatically changes the brain. ... Mo...
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