How Access, Quantity, Potency, and Novelty Contribute to Drug Addiction

The smartphone is the modern day hypodermic needle delivering dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Technology allowed scientists to derive in the laboratory a more potent form of opium called morphine, which then very rapidly led to an increase in people getting addicted to opioids because it was more available andBecause it was more potent. And that's a theme that I talk about throughout my book, how access, quantity, potency, and novelty are four of the characteristics in modernity that contribute to the problem of addiction of many different types of drugs.