NIDA NOTES: NIDA@Work Presents, Dr. Marilyn Huestis

Published February 15, 2014

NIDA NOTES: NIDA@Work Presents, Dr. Marilyn Huestis – Dr. Marilyn Huestis of NIDA’s Intramural Research Program discusses IRP’s major focuses, including marijuana research in human subjects, developing tests to …

RIA helps shatter myths on prescription and OTC drugs

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Sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the theme for this year's National Drug Facts Week is “Shatter the Myths,” and runs from Jan. 27 through Feb. 2. “NIDA is reaching out to teens to let them know the truth about illicit drug use …
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Medication: The smart-pill oversell

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They do better on laboratory tests requiring concentration and short-term memory. And they take better notes and hand in more homework, making fewer careless mistakes. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Maryland, …
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