A brain abscess, an infected heart valve, liver cancer, an amputated arm and a 30-year-old mother receiving CPR in the emergency room at Falmouth Hospital. What connects these various storylines?

Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

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