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Drs. Nora Volkow and Wilson Compton Discuss MTF 2013 Results


 

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

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

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?

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

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

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

[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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