144. Antonio Damasio (neuroscientist & philosopher) – Where is My Mind?
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Is There a Drug That Causes Addiction?
We need to understand that chemistry is always involved. Even if you're not, in given a drug when you are behaving in a certain way... You are being pushed in that direction by the presence of certain drugs that are being manufactured by the brain. One thing that people very often forget is that one of the main kinds of drug that causes addiction has to do with opiites. So there's plenty of chemistry inside and some chemistry available from the outside. But it does have to do with omeostasis. Ral sense that was going to you are, if you are gambling and you don't succeed, you're going to be very frustrated,. That's going to disrupt your home
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