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SUMMARY:Chickens and eggs: Separating cause and effect in drug addiction -
  Karen Ersche\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20140213T153000Z
DTEND:20140213T163000Z
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CONTACT:Mandy Carter
DESCRIPTION:Charlie\, white\, snow\, toot - once the drug of the rich and 
 famous\, cocaine is now the most widely-used illicit stimulant in Europe. 
 These estimates are confirmed by Home Office figures indicating that cocai
 ne has become the second most popular drug among young people in England a
 nd Wales. However\, not everyone who occasionally has a line of cocaine at
  a party develops dependence. But for those who do make the transition fro
 m recreational use to addiction\, the impact on health\, social and work l
 ife are enormous. Whilst treatment demand for cocaine has been steadily gr
 owing throughout Europe\, there is currently no medically proven pharmacol
 ogical treatment available to support cocaine users on their road to recov
 ery. In light of the high relapse rate in cocaine-dependence (approximatel
 y 40%)\, more effective treatment interventions for patients affected by s
 timulant drug dependence are badly needed. In my talk today\, I will give 
 an overview of my work over the past few years in Cambridge on how persona
 lity traits may contribute to the development of addiction\, and how they 
 may be used as targets for addiction recovery.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit\, Chaucer
  Road
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