Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms

Published November 28, 2013

Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms
Second in a series discussing the disease of addiction, brain development and the adolescent brain’s unique vulnerability to addiction, and the particular ch…

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