"Heroin and the Brain: the Making of an Overdose"
Yasmin Hurd, PhD, of the Icahn School of Medicine, describes how heroin, oxycontin and other narcotics were created to mimic natural brain chemicals that blunt pain, relax our breathing and make us feel good. Opiates carry feel-good signals; narcotics create a flood of signals; addiction alters the natural process; overdose risk grows when users turn to heroin.
- Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Professor, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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