Teens, Communities and Scientific Experts Team Up for NIDA’s National Drug Facts Week
Teens, Communities and Scientific Experts Team Up for NIDA’s National Drug Facts Week – NIDA Director Dr. Nora D. Volkow discusses drug use and trends among today’s teens, what parents should know, and how National Drug Facts Week can help infor…
Sentencing commission backs lesser pot penalties
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A commission that advises the governor on criminal sentencing issues is backing legislation to reduce penalties for simple possession of marijuana. 25 facts about marijuana. The 25 facts in this slideshow come from the National Institute on Drug Abuse …
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The War on Reason
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When the victims are brought back to normal—the drug wears off; the tumor is removed—they feel sincerely that their desires and actions under the influence were alien to them, and fell outside the scope of their will. …. In fact, they're largely …
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Opioid Addiction is Everywhere
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The desire of people from “good families” to believe that drug problems are confined to low-income urban communities is understandable, but also false — indeed perniciously so. Ben and I, along with Wall Street Journal reporter Zusha Elinson and …
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