NIDA’s Dr. Nora Volkow Answers Questions About Drugs Asked by Washington DC Public School Students

NIDA’s Dr. Nora Volkow Answers Questions About Drugs Asked by Washington DC Public School Students – The Mentor Foundation held a National Drug Facts Day event at the Swedish Embassy with NIDA Director Nora Volkow answering questions from students from nearby Washington DC public schools. This video can also be viewed at: drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: newmedia.hhs.gov

Busy Nolan prepares to return to Washington, D.C.

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Mental illness, he said, has a wide range of costly consequences including alcoholism, drug abuse and family and spousal abuse. Nolan, a Brainerd native, predicted that President Barack Obama and the Republicans may reach some sort of temporary …
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Paul Raeburn: Gun Control Finally on the Agenda? Beware the Agenda

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Alcohol and drug abuse are more likely to be triggers of violence than mental illness, he writes, citing a study from the National Institute of Mental Health. The second problem, as Friedman writes, "is that we are not very good at predicting who is …
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Shell Station Clerk Pleas Out

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The Jeffersonville gas station clerk accused of selling synthetic drugs to undercover agents has taken a plea deal. … According to Fayette County Prosecutor Jess Weade, Mandeep Kaur, 35, of Washington Court House, was charged with felony counts of …
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