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Brain abnormality link to cocaine addiction

COCAINE addicts have abnorm-alities in their brains that may make them less able to resist a compulsion to take the drug, scientists have claimed.

 

New research has found that the brains of long-time users have a different make-up from those of other people.

With Scotland now thought to have the highest rate of cocaine use in the world, according to United Nations figures, the study could lead to a breakthrough in identifying people who are predisposed to becoming addicts.