Drug addiction is a disease — a chemical dependency that arises from the way certain drugs interact with the brain. Put simply: drugs like cocaine and heroin latch onto the nerve cells of the brain, releasing pleasure-producing neurotransmitters like dopamine. Abuse becomes addiction when users continually take the drug in chase of that next high.
STATE HOUSE — For the second consecutive year, University of Massachusetts students will face rising tuition costs as officials take steps to close an $85 million budget shortfall at a time of growing interest in public higher education.
The UMass Board of Trustees met in Worcester Thursday to consider tuition and fee increases, settling on a 5.8 percent tuition increase that will cost the average in-state undergraduate students $756 more in student charges before financial aid.
