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>> even if they want to stop they can't. their newly wired brain won't let them. it could help explain why some therapies to treat addiction aren't successful. take abstinence. >> i think it's egregious. you're telling someone whose brain is fundamentally changed that all they have to do is just say no when those circuits that mediate those aspects of cognition are altered. >> that's why hurd says abstinence programs are usually only 5% to 10% effective. there is more success, however, with what's called medication assisted treatment, m.a.t. you substitute lower dose slightly safer opioids lik...

Opioids. and as you've just seen, that means the brain disease of addiction is never fully treated. which is why hurd started to focus on the cbd in cannabis, ton only treat the underlying pain but to also heal the brain. >> cbd normalize that's. so by normalizing glutemate you can restructure and normalize and restructure the impairments in the cellular level at the molecular level. >> helping get rid of the cravings that keeps taking someone back. >> exactly. exactly. >> and it's not just the pain. or even the cravings that cannabis could help but also the withdrawal symptoms of getting off ...

Looks like. opioids have damaged these receptors, the glutomate receptors in the prefrontal cortex of the brain making it harder to make decisions, use good judgment, making it harder to just say no. >> the craving is so prominent. it's so enormous that they can't stop themselves. >> even if they want to stop they can't. their newly wired brain won't let them. it could help explain why some therapies to treat addiction aren't successful. take abstinence. >> i think it's e agree jous. you're telling someone whose brain is fundamentally changed that all they have to do is just say no when those ...

>> hurd showed me under the microscope. this is a healthy brain. lots of cells, lots of connections. >> beautiful, the branching, the communication is essential for every single thing we do. >> this is a brain on drugs. specifically, opioids. >> so one of the things you can see is that there's not that many networks. >> looks like a poorly populated neighborhood. >> exactly. >> this is what a brain disease looks like. opioids have damaged these receptors, the glutamate receptors in the prefrontal cortex of the brain making it harder to make decisions, use good judgment, making it harder to jus...