What Happens When You Overdose?

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Your body is a delicately balanced chemical system, and if you take too much of a drug you destroy that balance. That’s what happens when you overdose. This week on Reactions, learn how to spot an overdose and the ways different types of drugs wreak havoc in your brain.

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Producer: Elaine Seward
Writer: Samantha Jones, PhD
Scientific Consultants: Adam Blumenberg, MD
Lauren Murphy, MD
Executive Producer: George Zaidan

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