PSA – Addiction/Drug Abuse

PSA – Addiction/Drug Abuse – PSA on Addiction and Drug Abuse.

Head of National Institute on Drug Abuse is nominated for civil service award

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Volkow's work has shown that sustained drug use can result in lasting physical changes to the structure of the brain. Other researchers have praised her for helping to establish addiction as a topic worthy of rigorous scientific study, elevating drug …
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California lawmakers may be forced to address prison overcrowding

Filed under: drug addiction help substance abuse

“If the Legislature is called upon to appropriate more money for either local or out-of-state jail capacity that decision, if it comes, must be met with a comparable effort to invest in more substance abuse and mental health treatment," Steinberg said …
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