Biology / Unit 12 Bio 2835 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Addiction Is a Failure of Willpower"
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The idea
Picturing addiction as pure willpower failure overstates a real process — some substances co-opt the same potentiation pathway, per Bio 2833, underlying learning and memory.
In practice
A drug that hijacks LTP strengthens drug-associated synapses like ordinary repeated learning.
Where people slip
This entry states the popular assumption — Bio 2837 gives the neural mechanism this misconception overlooks.
Your place on the trail
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