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How does stimulation of the brain’s pleasure circuit teach us to keep taking drugs?
Our brains are wired to ensure that we will repeat life-sustaining activities by associating those activities with pleasure or reward. Whenever this reward circuit is activated, the brain notes that something important is happening that more
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Parents Shouldn’t Prevent Kids From Getting Help
Parents may deny their teen’s drug problem or, at worst, be the source of the drug use in the first place. So when teens decide to seek treatment of their own accord, parents should not be permitted to hold them back.
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Phoenix Houses of the Mid-Atlantic Presents at Teen Drug Use Symposium
On May 21, 2013, Phoenix Houses of the Mid-Atlantic participated in a Prince William County symposium on underage drinking and drug use.
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Study: Most Criminals Use Drugs, Lack Treatment
A new government report has found that most criminals are also drug users and that they lack adequate treatment for substance abuse. Marijuana was the most popular drug among arrested men.
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