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Do you believe is it possible to predict which drugs will lead to further drugs and who will become drug users?
Why or why not?
Yes, we believe that it is possible to predict which drugs will lead to further drugs and who will become drug users:-
Explanation:-
-When people do something that makes them feel good, their brain
releases dopamine to seek out this activity in the future for that
good feeling to be repeated.
-? The human brain stores these memories. The feeling is connected
with what activated it.
In a healthy brain, dopamine is eventually reabsorbed. Dopamine levels return to normal. The euphoric feeling fades away.
-When a person takes drugs, the chemical changes is that the brain
is made to produce more dopamine than it would for a
non-drug-related reason.
-?Reabsorption of the dopamine is blocked. There’s a prolonged
sense of pleasure beyond what’s normal for the brain.
-Eventually, the body and mind become so hooked on the drug of choice that to not take it again causes 'withdrawal symptoms'. It is at that point that a diagnosis of addiction is certain.