Rockburn Presents – Nora Volkow

Rockburn Presents – Nora Volkow – Dr. Nora Volkow is the Director of the prestigious National Institute of Drug Abuse in Washington and a pioneer in the use of brain imaging in the pursuit of understanding drug addiction. Her landmark studies helped determine that drug addiction is not a character flaw or a sign of moral corruption but a chronic disease that physically changes the brain. Her research has also contributed to the understanding of obesity, ADHD and the behavioural changes related to aging. Dr. Volkow was born in Mexico City and lived in the house where her great-grandfather, the Russian revolutionary leader, Leon Trotsky was assassinated under orders from Josef Stalin. Dr. Volkow earned a medical degree from the National University of Mexico and completed her psychiatric residency at New York University. Much of her research was done at the Brookhaven National Laboratory where she served as Director of Nuclear Medicine and Chair of the Medical Department before she was appointed the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2003. Ken Rockburn spoke to Dr. Nora Volkow in Bethesda, Maryland.

Crist: Better to play it safe when dealing with teen drug use

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If your son is involved with cocaine, there are two other complicating factors with its use. First, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported more than 50 percent of cocaine users also will drink alcohol while using cocaine — a particular concern …
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Simi Valley parents learn about drug dangers

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According to a 2010 survey from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, about 11.4 percent of those ages 12 to 25 reported using prescription drugs nonmedically in the previous year. Deaths from drug overdoses are second only to those from motor vehicle …
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