Revealing the paradox of drug reward in human evolution

>Here we note that some recreational drugs attack human...

User [deleted], in the 4chan subreddit, 05 Oct 2020

>Here we note that some recreational drugs attack human pathogens. For example, of the world's three most popular alkaloid drugs…

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User Frenesius1, in the askscience subreddit, 29 Sep 2020

Go check : Revealing the paradox of drug reward in human evolution- By Sullivan and Hagen, published in Proceedings of the…

Evolutionary biological research shows that drugs evolved to punish humans. Yet common neurobiological models claim that drug use evolved by rewarding feedback mechanisms in humans. What is this paradox and which is true?

User boydoilikehamburgers, in the Anthropology: The best 4 fields ever. subreddit, 05 Jun 2019

Revealing the paradox of drug reward in human evolution: “…the human propensity to seek out and consume plant neurotoxins is a paradox with far-reaching implications for current drug-reward theory. We sketch some potential resolutions of the paradox…” [Proc Biol Sci., Jun 2008 — free full-text]

User isosafrole, in the pharmacology subreddit, 11 Jan 2018