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Supply of a Nondrug Substitute Reduces Escalated Heroin Consumption

Supply of a Nondrug Substitute Reduces Escalated Heroin Consumption

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Supply of a Nondrug Substitute Reduces Escalated Heroin Consumption

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Supply of a Nondrug Substitute Reduces Escalated Heroin Consumption

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Cham: Springer International Publishing

Journal title

Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.), 2008-08, Vol.33 (9), p.2272-2282

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English

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Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Escalation of drug consumption—a hallmark of addiction—has been hypothesized to be associated with a relative devaluation of alternative nondrug rewards and thus with a decrease in their ability to compete with or to substitute for the drug. In a behavioral economic framework, decreased substitutability of nondrug rewards for drug would explain why...

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Supply of a Nondrug Substitute Reduces Escalated Heroin Consumption

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69316806

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69316806

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ISSN

0893-133X

E-ISSN

1740-634X

DOI

10.1038/sj.npp.1301602

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