Combining the sordid allure of a memoir of drug addiction with a popular-science sense of wonder at the miraculous workings of the human brain, Marc Lewis uses himself as a representative research specimen. After many years spent using, Lewis got clean and became a developmental neuroscientist with a natural affinity for investigating the pathways of addiction. His book casts light on the areas of research that hold the best chance of explaining humanity's immemorial desire to get high.
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