Snorted, smoked, or injected, cocaine quickly enters the bloodstream and the brain to help users achieve their high. Cocaine addicts compulsively continue to take the drug even when they know it can cost them their jobs, possessions, loved ones, and even their lives, but why? A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry suggests a brain molecule is activated to trigger compulsive drug-seeking behavior, which leads to cocaine addiction.
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