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NIDA TV Spotlight on the Iraqi Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG)


 

NIDA TV Spotlight on the Iraqi Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG) – According to Iraqi health officials, drug abuse is increasing throughout the country, In an effort to collect data and interpret the trends, local national s…

 

Ten reasons to try smart turkey before e-cigarettes

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

Nicotine addiction a mental illness – According to the Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, "drug addiction is a mental illness. It is a complex brain disease characterized by compulsive, at times uncontrollable drug …
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Popular sports supplements contain meth-like compound

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

"These are basically brand-new drugs that are being designed in clandestine laboratories where there's absolutely no guarantee of quality control," said Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a co-author of the analysis of …
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