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Question by Gerri R: What do drug rehab programs do to cure someones addiction to illegal drugs?
What does the treatment involve?
Is it anything like Alcoholics Anonymous, where they go to weekly meetings and say, “Hi, my name is John and I’m an alcoholic (or drug addict). Then they talk to other people at the meeting about drinking and why they like it, etc. Then learn the 12 steps and they are done. Or does drug rehab involve something totally different?

How can they get people to stop using something like Cocaine, which is just as addictive as Nicotine?
I don’t use illegal drugs, but I am currently trying to quit smoking and even with the patch and a “quit coach”, it is not easy and I’ve gone about 10 days smoke free, but I still have an occasional desire to smoke, I just know I can’t do it now. I think illegal drugs would probably be harder to quit than smoking.    Read more...

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Question by Joshua: What part of the brain is responsible for addiction?
My little brother asked me today “what part of the brain is responsible for addiction?” Being a hopeful neurosurgeon I was extremely perplexed by this question because I had never really thought about it. So I gave him the best answer I could, but it wasn’t a very good answer. It was something along the lines of “there’s not one specific part of the brain that causes addiction, it is a number of things.” I use the word “causes” lightly because I know your brain does not cause addiction. Can someone help me out because I have no idea.

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Answer by Kyle
limbic system is whats responsible for pleasure or where your dopomein is stored becuase when you take an addictive your dopomein levels rise    Read more...

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