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(What happens when take drugs n.d) |
"When a person takes drugs it alters the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information. They do this by imitating the brain's natural chemical messengers, by over stimulating the "reward circuit" of the brain, flooding the brain with excess chemicals, and binding to receptors in the brain which eventually leads to addiction. |
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Mayoclinic.org |
drug addiction as a substance use disorder and defines it as a"disease that affects a person's brain and behaviour and leads to an inability to control the use of illegal drug or medication" |
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse |
"More than 67, 300 Americans died from drug-involved overdose in 2018, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids" |
