drugs

A study from the University of Cambridge finds the "brain shortcut" that turns the cocaine user into an addict.

Until now, only drugs such as cocaine or heroin have been associated with this extreme.

What are the ones that cause the highest level of addiction? We classify them by their chemical and social effects.

From the moment a drug first enters the brain, major changes occur in brain chemistry and structure.

Health problems, liver diseases, drugs, alcohol and suicides are the main causes of this phenomenon that affects the population.

They are full of toxic chemicals for humans and their consumption is highly addictive.

Illicit drug abuse has direct consequences on sexual satisfaction, according to this study.

Abusing cannabis can cause, in those who consume it, an accentuated distortion of memories, making them believe that they have gone through situations that are far from resembling the real thing; that is, the excessive and chronic consumption of this psychoactive substance generates false memories, according to the latest study carried out by the Institute for Biomedical Research of the Hospital de Sant Pau and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain) and which is collected in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.