Lose the Stigma Dr Nora Volkow

Lose the Stigma Dr Nora Volkow – Dr. Nora Volkow (b. 27 March 1956 Mexico) is director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). She is the great-granddaughter of Russian revolutionary…

The 2013 Service to America finalists

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Nora D. Volkow is the director of the NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse. Her research on drug addiction has provided groundbreaking scientific strategies for intervention and has helped to disentangle the HIV/AIDS epidemic from areas with hig …
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The truth about marijuana

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In fact, the National Institute on Drug Abuse has named this lab the country's one legal source of marijuana for scientific studies. It's been operating quietly since about 1968—growing, harvesting, processing, standardizing, and analyzing marijuana …
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Which Prescription Drugs Do Americans Abuse Most?

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According to a 2010 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, approximately 7 million people in the United States — or 2.7 percent of the population — annually abuse prescription drugs. This abuse primarily occurs when people take medication not …
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