Team Points to Brain’s ‘Dark Side’ as Key to Cocaine Addiction

Team Points to Brain’s ‘Dark Side’ as Key to Cocaine Addiction
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found evidence that an emotion-related brain region called the central amygdala–whose activity promotes feelings of malaise and unhappiness–plays a major role in sustaining cocaine addiction.
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Synthetic drug ban may trigger withdrawal crisis
June 17, 2013, 7:19 a.m. Newcastle’s synthetic drug abuse epidemic has hit new lows, with fears of a mental health crisis that could eclipse that created by the powerful methamphetamine ‘‘ice’’.
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