Paul Saladino· MD
just because something activates this nucleus acumin portion of the brain doesn't inherently mean that it's an evil or negative thing now certain things that aren't that great like morphine and cocaine will activate this area and stimulate a reward process but that doesn't necessarily characterize why they're so negative in other areas if as an example if you had if you had a substance that had a benefit to you and it stimulated the reward process and there wasn't a negative then it wouldn't necessarily be a problem so this is where it's a kind of a false dichotomy to say just because this activates this addictive area of the brain means it's a negative thing