Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain

Dr. Nora Volkow: How Drug Addiction Hijacks the Brain – Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, explains addiction pharmacologically and looks at how drugs of abuse take control of the r…

Formerly disbarred attorney, recovering drug addict makes run for Robbins mayor

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When Reese applied in 2011 to get his law license reinstated, he laid out the facts about his drug addiction. According to his testimony with the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission: He started drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana when …
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There's a Reason That Addicts Say Yes to Drugs

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Years ago, I attended a seminar on evolutionary psychology that inevitably came round to the discussion of drugs. It was a small group, and one of the attendees had obviously lost someone to addiction. Since I, too, have watched people I care for …
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