Painkiller Abuse Can Predispose Adolescents to Lifelong Addiction

Adolescent mice exposed to the painkiller Oxycontin can sustain lifelong and permanent changes in their reward system - changes that increase the drug's euphoric properties and make such adolescents more vulnerable to the drug's effects later in adulthood.

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