Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain

Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain – Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, explains addiction pharmacologically and looks at how drugs of abuse take control of the r…

Michael Douglas' jailed drug addict son Cameron admits he's caught in 'a …

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He comes from one of the most privileged families in Hollywood, but these days he spends his time locked-up in a grim Pennsylvania prison cell. Michael Douglas' drug dealer son Cameron Douglas has penned an open letter 'Words Behind Walls' via The …
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Jubinville: Judges must understand drug abuse

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As a former Massachusetts State Police detective and now a defense attorney of 34 years, I have seen the ruin that addiction to drugs and alcohol causes in the lives of many of those who end up ensnared in the criminal justice system. And the price is …
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Drug team arrests North Coast pair on heroin dealing charges

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“There is no doubt that the phenomenon of addiction is in decline in Portugal,” said Joao Goulao, President of the Institute of Drugs and Drugs Addiction, a press conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the law. The number of addicts considered …
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