Jul 23, 2004   | COMMENTS     

brain’s surface and deeper limbic system. The portion of the brain involved in drug craving, reward, mood and emotion lost 11 percent of its tissue, according to the Times. “The cells are dead and gone,” Thompson said. The study looked at 22 people in their 30s who had used the drug for at least 10 years and a control group. The addicts averaged weekly four grams of the drug, which is popular among gay club-goers, and had been high for 19 of the previous 30 days before testing began, the Times reported.