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Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
This new, 30-page, full-color booklet explains in layman's terms how science has revolutionized the understanding of drug addiction as a brain disease that affects behavior.
The 'Science of Addiction' booklet discusses the reasons people take drugs, why some people become addicted while others do not, how drugs work in the brain, and how addiction can be prevented and treated.
The booklet is available to read, download or order at: http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/
 http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/sciofaddiction.pdf
Publication Year: 2007
Publisher National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 6001 Executive Boulevard Bethesda, md 20892 Phone: 301-443-1124 Website: http://www.nida.nih.gov
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Boston University School of Public Health 
