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Bringing the Power of Science to Bear on Drug Abuse and Addiction



Teaching Packet V, For Health Practitioners, Teachers, and Neuroscientists

1 through 4
  • 1: Bring the Power of Science to Bear on Drug Abuse and Addiction.
  • 2: The brain is the most complex organ in the body.
  • 3: How a neuron works.
  • 4: The brain is your body’s “Command Central.”

5 through 8

  • 5: Control centers in the brain are affected by drug use.
  • 6: A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner.
  • 7: This is literally the brain on drugs.
  • 8: Long-term effects of drug abuse.

9 through 12

  • 9: Drugs have long-term consequences.
  • 10: The memory of drugs.
  • 11: A message to remember.
  • 12: Is it worth the risk?

13 & 14

  • 13: Visit NIDA’s Web site
  • 14: Have you changed your mind?

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