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Modern Science on Addiction

By SANDRA KIUME

Big Think Interview with Nora Volkow
The Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse is interviewed about the scientific and social causes and courses of substance use disorders, and why they shouldn’t be criminalized. Includes transcript. See also: Volkow and others give lectures on addiction neurobiology at a 2006 symposium at the Picower Institute.

Producer: Big Think	Featuring: Nora Volkow
Format: Flash	Date: 27/11/09
Length: 00:43:37
Video Link: http://bigthink.com/ideas/17403
Tags:addiction, brain, ethics, genetics, law, neurobiology, social, video

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