Meet The Director Dr Nora Volkow National Institute On Drug Abuse Video length: 3:53 transcript [music] dr. volkow speaking: hello. my name is nora volkow. i direct the national institute on drug abuse and the institute's role is to generate science that can help us understand the effects of drugs in the brain, addiction, and how to prevent it and treat it. Wh.gov da6g whitehouse.gov ondcp twitter ondcpthe director of the national institute on drug abuse at the national institutes.
Dr Volkow Explains The Basics Of Drugs Addiction National Dr. nora volkow, director of nida, answers common questions about drugs, addiction, where to find more information about the health effects of different type. Dr. nora volkow explains the science of addiction. director of the national institute on drug abuse (nih, nida) the national institute on drug abuse and the office of national drug control policy agree that throughout much of the last century, scientists studying drug abuse labored in the shadows of powerful myths and misconceptions about the. The science is clear: addiction is a brain disease. it affects more than 22 million americans and their families each year. despite evolving, cutting edge tr. Advances in medical imaging have revealed that addiction is a complex disease of the brain, said nida director dr. nora volkow. what nearly every abused drug that results in addiction—whether it be cocaine, alcohol, opioids or nicotine—has in common is not only that they activate the reward circuit of the brain but also that their repeated use modifies the function of the prefrontal cortex.
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