Hooked: Why bad habits are hard to break


 

Hooked: Why bad habits are hard to break – Dr. Nora Volkow, the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has revolutionized how science and medicine view addiction: as a disease, not a character defect. Morley Safer reports.

 

Hazelden Partners with Inflexxion to Develop New Program for Adolescents in

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With funding from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) grant, "Staying Off Substances: A Tailored Early Recovery Program for Teens," Hazelden and Inflexxion are creating this new intervention program for adolescents in substance abuse treatment …
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Cannabis has highs and lows

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The drug's active constituents “may produce a variety of physiological and euphoric effects,” the organization's website states. “As a result, there may be some populations that are susceptible to increased risks.” The National Institute on Drug Abuse …
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