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Scientists reveal how zapping the brain cures drug addiction

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$1 million helmet-like device beams high frequency waves at a key part of the brain that's responsible for reward, motivation and addiction.

Doctors at West Virginia University's Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute recently tested the strategy on a 39-year-old man who has been an addict for more than 20 years .

An estimated 2.7 million people ages 12 and older have an opioid addiction in the US .

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