Drs. Nora Volkow and Wilson Compton Discuss MTF 2013 Results

Published December 31, 2013

Drs. Nora Volkow and Wilson Compton Discuss MTF 2013 Results – NIDA Director Nora Volkow and NIDA Deputy Director Dr. Wilson Compton discuss 2013 Monitoring the Future results on teen illicit drug, alcohol and tobacco us…

Systematically Misled

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As the Obama administration's drug czar, he says he's concerned that kids today just aren't scared enough of marijuana. Last week, Kerlikowske spoke soberly to the media about the latest survey from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. He blamed …
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Reefer Madness: Teens Still Smoke Pot: Would legalization lead to a decline?

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With that in mind, MPP is asking the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which sponsors the MTF survey, to conduct a new study into whether legalized regulation schemes may positively impact teen pot use. "At the very least, this [MTF] data should …
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Explaining gender violence in the neoliberal era

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[2] In countries such as Diallo's Guinea, this took the form of extra-national institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank imposing Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) “at the gun point of debt. … and Kate Pickett, reminds us that the …
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