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Opiate Receptors and Opioid Peptides: Are They Involved in Drug Addiction?,ised hopes that an understanding of the molecular mechanism of drug addiction may soon be achieved. It is clear from the title of this chapter that that day is not yet here. I will give a brief chronological review of the significant discoveries and developments and will then summarize recent resear

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Applications of Human Behavioral Pharmacology to the Problems of Drug Addicts: A Brief Review,. Drugs act as powerful forces in shaping behavior, both by their direct pleasant effects (positive reinforcement) and by their effects in relieving withdrawal symptoms (negative reinforcement). Wikler theorized that the environmental cues which have been repeatedly paired with drug-induced states m

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Conditioned Taste Aversions and the Regulation of Drug-Taking Behavior,nister drugs to themselves. This development led to a new emphasis on the direct study of drug-taking behavior under controlled conditions, and it very effectively complemented the information obtained with the traditional pharmacological and psychiatric approaches, as well as challenging some commo

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,Maintenance of Behavior by “Schedules”: An Unfamiliar Contribution to Maintenance of Abuses,about various factors today. Because there are many contributing factors there are therefore many ways of combating abuse. We should be looking for ways to understand as many of the different contributing factors as possible and learning how to use our knowledge to attack abuse from as many differen

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Some Endocrine and Immunological Observations In Heroin and Methadone Maintained Opioid Addicts,dical consequence of opiate addiction. In addition, over the years many other medical complications associated with addiction have been reported (Kreek, 1973; White, 1973; Sapira, 1968). Some of these can be related to the life style, habits, and techniques of the opioid user than to the drug effect