Abuse Of Painkillers Can Predispose Adolescents To Lifelong Addiction
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 10:22
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers reveal that adolescent mice exposed to the painkiller Oxycontin can sustain lifelong and permanent changes in their reward system -- changes that increase the drug's euphoric properties and make such adolescents more vulnerable to the drug's effects later in adulthood.