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A Conditioned Place Preference Protocol for Measuring Incubation of Craving in Rats
Published on: November 6, 2018
The craving for the high
Abstract:
Youth today is being fed with the message that self-transcendence is all-important and that all worldly details should be secondary to this great aim. This message is being perpetrated both by drug users and members of such groups as the human potential movement. We must be aware not only of the power of drugs in inducing an altered state of consciousness, but also of the power of the group in reinforcing a set of values that make this altered state a most desirable phenomenon. Undesirable effects can be produced in the emotionally disturbed or immature person, to the point where seeking a 'high' becomes the sole object in life.
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