Lose the Stigma Dr Nora Volkow
Lose the Stigma Dr Nora Volkow
Dr. Nora Volkow (b. 27 March 1956 Mexico) is director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). She is the great-granddaughter of Russian revolutionary leader and Head of the Fourth International, Leon Trotsky. Her father Esteban Volkov is the son of Leon Trotsky’s elder daughter.[1] Born in Mexico City, Volkow and her three sisters grew up in the house where Trotsky was killed.[1] She attended the Modern American School, then earned a medical degree from National University of Mexico before going to New York University for psychiatric residency. She chose a career in brain research after reading an article on the use of positron emission tomography in studying brain function. She did research at Brookhaven National Laboratory before becoming director of NIDA in 2003.[1] [edit]Research She has stated that her imaging studies of the brains of people addicted to drugs have helped to clarify the mechanisms of drug addiction. She also maintains that they have also helped to change the public’s view of drug addiction, from that of a moral violation or character flaw to an understanding that pathological changes to brain structure make it very difficult for addicts to give up their addictions.[1] Volkow says that she has shown that abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex of addicts create a feeling of need or craving that addicts know is irrational but cannot prevent. Prefrontal abnormalities also make it difficult to override compulsions to take drugs by exercising …
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (02/08/2013)
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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights (02/08/2013). By Alex Stamm, ACLU Center for Justice at 4:34pm. Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration … It would remain illegal to bring marijuana from a state where it's legal to one …
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Pike County Looking to Put New Rehab Facility Above Current Jail
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"WestCare Kentucky serves the Eastern, Southeastern and Central Kentucky Regions. Substance abuse treatment services and re-entry mentoring services are provided in the local detention center in Pike County, Kentucky." The proposed location would add …
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