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Drugs "Hijack" Brain's Decision-Making
New research reveals that drugs can distort the brain's ability to make judgments based on past experience. MORE
"Memoirs of an Addicted Brain": An Excerpt
By Marc Lewis
In this scene from Marc Lewis' best-selling memoir, the author, then in his early 20s and on a Southern Asia sojourn, pays his nightly visit to a local opium den. MORE
The Latest Science on Addiction and Treatment
Ever wonder why alcoholism seems to run in families? A sibling-brain study just discovered why. MORE









