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The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana
Teaching Packet I, For Health Practitioners, Teachers, and Neuroscientists
Section I:
Introduction to the Brain
Section II:
Introduction to the Reward System
Section III:
Introduction to Drugs of Abuse: Cocaine, Opiates (Heroin) and Marijuana (THC)
Section III (continued):
Introduction to Drugs of Abuse
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