Meaning of nonaddict | Babel Free

Definitions

One who is not an addict.

Examples

“But methadone is a dangerous drug. If taken orally by a nonaddict, it can cause euphoria or even death.”

“What the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a nonaddict.”

“Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow⟳ to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward⟳ system was less active).”

“Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has shown in several brain-imaging studies that people addicted to such drugs as cocaine, heroin and alcohol have⟳ fewer dopamine receptors in the brain’s reward⟳ pathways than nonaddicts.”

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