The Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah has developed a website dedicated to the science of addiction and the brain. Using this fun, informative, and interactive website, students and adults get an opportunity to learn important information about addiction.  The site includes information regarding the following areas of addiction.

• Key elements of the natural reward pathways in the brain
• How drugs alter body systems
• The timing and circumstances that influence addiction
• The challenges and issues in modern addiction research and science

For a detailed scientific review of some of the latest research regarding the addiction process and key aspects of addiction go to Learn Genetics, Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah.