According to a brief story from New Scientist:, researchers at US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: in Bethesda, Maryland, figured out how just triggering the memories of cocaine use can set off cravings in former addicts. It’s all about that magic word “dopamine” again…
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