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Here’s Exactly How Cocaine Makes You Ignore Your Basic Needs
Scientists may have figured out how addictive drugs like cocaine hijack the brain’s reward system to make us ignore basic needs like food or water. In mice, the researchers were able to extensively detail a neural pathway that allows the brain to respo…
