Better Knowledge of Drug-Abuse Science Guides New Treatment Approaches

Better Knowledge of Drug-Abuse Science Guides New Treatment Approaches – Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, discusses advances in the understanding of drug addiction that are hoped to lead to new …

Smoking Bans Are More Harmful Than Helpful

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Alcohol is listed as the top drug in the United States. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism found that 1 in 4 children grow up in a home where someone drinks too much. Consumption of alcohol can cause cancer of the esophagus, throat, …
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Doctors wanted for Georgia's medical marijuana law

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But Georgia's medical marijuana program soon faced a major problem when the legal pot supply dried up. In 1982, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Drug Enforcement Administration stopped delivery of the country's sole source of legal cannabis.
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