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Dying to be free: The treatment for heroin addiction we aren’t using

 
“[Opiate addiction] ‘alters multiple regions in the brain,’ [Mary Jeanne] Kreek said, ‘including those that regulate reward, memory and learning, stress responsivity, and hormonal response, as well as executive function which is involved in decision-making — simply put, when to say yes and when to say no.’”