Adolescents are especially susceptible to addiction because
a. children and adolescents release more neurotransmitters than adults.
b. the corpus callosum in the brains of adolescents are not fully developed.
c. the brain systems that restrain risk-taking are not as mature as those that reward pleasure-seeking.
d. of the hormones that are released at puberty that interact with the drugs to produce a more intensified and pleasurable effect.
ANSWER: c
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