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Dr. Nora Volkow On Addiction Science and Harm Reduction

WHAT DOES SHE KNOW? –

Nov. 7, 2024 – As the first woman and Hispanic Director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse  Dr. Volkow has dedicated her career to investigating how drugs affect the human brain and how these disruptions contribute to the behavioral/emotional changes in addiction…

In a Genomic Press Interview, published in Brain Medicine on November 7, 2024, Dr. Volkow discusses the urgent challenges facing addiction medicine today. With U.S. drug overdose fatalities reaching 107,543 deaths in 2023, NIDA’s research focuses on critical interventions and novel prevention and treatment approaches.

“I was struck early on by how we, as humans, can be so vulnerable to the effects of addictive drugs, how they can change us in such profound ways,” Dr. Volkow shares, reflecting on her early experiences that shaped her career trajectory.

CONTINUE@EurekAlert

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