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Someone who has relapsed will use drugs again even though they stopped trying. Relapses indicate that therapy needs to be continued or changed.
Most medications send a lot dopamine to brain's reward circuit. The reward circuit is what keeps people doing fun, but not healthy activities. This is why people are more inclined to do these activities again.
Over time, the brain adjusts to the extra dopamine. The person will feel less high when they take the drug again. This is known to be tolerance. They may consume more medicine to enjoy the same high from dopamine.
There is no one factor that will predict whether a person will use drugs. There are many factors that influence whether someone will develop an addiction to drugs, including their genes, environment and how they are developing. The higher the risk factors, the greater chance that someone will use drugs to get addicted.