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    WHY WE GET ADDICTED

    Jan 20, 2022 3 minutes
    WORDS SCOTT DUTFIELD

    Addiction is a biopsychosocial disorder, meaning that its occurrence is a combination of a person’s biology, mental health and societal factors. It’s typically associated with a dependency on different harmful substances or behaviours, such as the use of narcotics, alcohol or gambling, but can also apply to overdoing anything that leads to harm.

    What unites addictions is their ability to increase the levels of dopamine in the body. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that’s

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