Does Drug Use Lead to Addiction, or Are Some Brains More Prone To Use Drugs?

Does using alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis engender addiction by changing the structure of brains, or does the structure of brains incline some people toward using those substances? In standard brain disease models of addiction, the neurotoxic effects of abused psychoactive substances are thought to cause brain changes that spur compulsive cravings for drink, smokes, or dope. A […]