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Anatomy Of Addiction: How Heroin And Opioids Hijack The Brain

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Roughly 2.5 million Americans are addicted to heroin and opioids like Oxycontin. Researchers say addiction takes over the brain's limbic reward system, impairing decision making, judgment and memory.


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