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While their rational of a drugs user's mind knows that they shouldn't do it again, another part of the brain overrides such warnings

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Drugs hit the same part of the brain that releases dopamine which makes you happy. Other things that by this part of the brain are good and sex. This part of the brain is called the "reward" circuit , which is part of the limbic system.
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