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State what happens to the reward pathway when a person takes and addictive drug.

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The drug connects receptors that are only connected during sex, eating your favorite food, excising, etc. Therefore releasing Endorphins. This makes you feel really good. Soon your brain will run out of Endorphins since the drug makes it release them all at once making you need the drug to function (addiction).
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