Cocaine Abuse on the Brain
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An Existential-Phenomenology Of Crack Cocaine Abuse
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Stimulant that works by making dopamine more available in the brain. Its effects in the brain are very similar to those of cocaine, and some researchers are warning that regularly giving children a cocaine-like substance might prime them for drug abuse later in life. … Access Content
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All drugs of abuse invade the brain’s communica-tion system for a simple reason: they are chemical imposters of the neurotransmitters (chemical mes-sengers) used bythe brain to communicate. Amphetamines and cocaine have features in … Doc Retrieval
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Comparing Brain Images
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