Meth-Head Snails' Enhanced Memories Offer Clue to Why Addiction Is Hard to Control

Can aquatic snails better remember lessons learned when they are hopped up on methamphetamine? Barbara Sorg of Washington State University in Pullman teamed up with Ken Lukowiak of the University of Calgary Medicine to see if working with snails might provide clues as to why drug memories are so strong that they seem to draw addicts back into repetitive use and addiction . [More] Washington State University - Methamphetamine - Addiction - Drugs - Health

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