An important change that appears to commonly develop in the brain of chronic drug users is:
A) a higher metabolic rate in the frontal lobe.
B) a lower metabolic rate in the frontal lobe.
C) a higher firing rate of neurons in the nucleus accumbens.
D) lower overall activity in the ventral tegmental area.
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