A Healthy Body for a Healthy Mind

Abstract

Drug abuse and dependence are significant, yet preventable, public health concerns world-wide. There are few effective pharmacotherapies or treatment strategies available to help people struggling with drug addiction, especially with respect to psychostimulants like cocaine and methamphetamine. One of the greatest impediments to the treatment of psychostimulant addiction stems from the challenging development of pharmacotherapies, undermined in part by the lack of understanding of the genetic variability inherent to mechanisms of drug action within the brain and body.