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but even with the very short of period of time that this has been actively researched,
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we see some human biological evidence.
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First we see some neuroimaging research
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coming out of The National Institute of Drug Abuse
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and Nora Volkow is a very famous researcher
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who was really known for identifying the dopamine pathways
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as something very important in substance abuse and dependence.
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What she did is she took cocaine addicts
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and she put them in the scanner, and she scanned their brains
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specifically paying attention to the dopamine pathway.
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What she found is that
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people who became addicted to cocaine and consumed more cocaine