Ideas in this flowchart

• Dopamine and Addiction
• Dopamine Production and Pathway
• Produced in VTA
• Travels through Mesolimbic Pathway
• Natural Rewards
• Controlled Dopamine Release
• Feelings of Pleasure
• Addictive Drugs
• Massive Dopamine Surge
• Brain Reduces Receptors
• Need More Drug for Same Effect
• Withdrawal Effects
• Critically Low Dopamine Levels
• Anxiety, Depression, Craving
• Prefrontal Cortex Weakening
• Impaired Judgment
• Cycle of Addiction