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This Is Your Brain On Drugs (and it isn't pretty)

We now have solid scientific evidence that drug addiction causes your brain to shrivel up - if you have the genetic predisposition:
...the current study found that the pattern of low gray matter was correlated with the number of years of alcohol, cocaine and cigarette use in the addicted group. The longer cocaine, alcohol, and cigarettes were abused, the lower gray matter was found in the hippocampus and frontal regions of the brain. This result means that curtailing drug use may be protective against such brain changes.

Prediction: they'll be administering tests in elementary school to detect whether Jimmy or Janie is liable to become a smack addict.
Posted By amazingdrx at 2011-03-08 14:37:27 permalink | comments
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Gary Moraco. : 2011-03-19 08:03:48
Aging analysts found that they forgot to bring thier high fructose corn syrup drinks from home.This one is based in science mr.or ms. moderator.
Gary Moraco. : 2011-03-18 14:32:31
You're pissing off Foamy The Squirrel.Wait there's more! And politics will give you a lobotamy.
Gary Moraco. : 2011-03-13 16:50:47
What does caffiene do to our brains?
dononamous. : 2011-03-09 09:15:39
*whoops my not me!
dononamous. : 2011-03-09 09:15:07
well I would expect this with alcohol becuaser that happens anyways, but cocaine and tobacco is new to me but then againt thoes drugs are toxic also.....
more studies are needed, my parents ate high doses and daily doses of mda in the 70s(how the fuck they could I duno) but i wonder when I would be prone to addictive dosing, would me brain be smaller too?
goldenrule117. : 2011-03-08 18:56:57
/\/\/\/\ that made me laugh out loud, thank you.
teleomorph : 2011-03-08 14:52:33
Researchers also discovered that increased damaged cortical tissue was correlated with the number of years people habitually self-administered blows to the back of the head with a hammer.

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