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    Asked by 876drud47 to Sinead, Neil, Mark, Florence, Anne on 15 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by Wakila.L.
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      Florence McCarthy answered on 15 Nov 2015:

      The nature of narcotics is to be addictive as they have an effect that makes us want more. This can be debilitating to the point that they are your sole concern and focus and take over your life where nothing else matters other than feeding the habit. The best way to avoid this is to keep occupied with something that is productive as this reduces the need.

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      Sinead Balgobin answered on 16 Nov 2015:

      This is a good video on addiction from SciShow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukFjH9odsXw

      It’s all to do with how the molecules affect your brain- and if your brain decides it thinks you need that molecule. You can’t really stop something from being addictive but you can treat addiction by slowly weaning people off drugs. Therapy is also very helpful because it helps you to heal your own psychological illness caused by drug use.

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