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At a recent event I got into a discussion with a speaker about how taking drugs might impact on a person’s ability to recognise emotion in other people.

Well there is some evidence to support this.  The speaker was relativly new to the subject and asked if I would prepare a short paper outlining some of the studies that have looked at this.

Well I wrote the paper and thought it may be of interest to readers of the blog:

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Last month the EMCDDA published some fascinating material on brain research  and how it relates to addiction:
How people become addicted to drugs and why they may find it difficult to stop are issues explored by the EMCDDA in new material released ahead of International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking (26 June).

The information package, dedicated to emerging research in neurobiology, examines the social, ethical and policy implications of scientific developments in this field.
To access the material visit the EMCDDA

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This month we’ve produced a short report on the use of cocaine and alcohol as well as details of our new drug training courses.

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