212. Nora Volkow | 2025 Perspectives from NIDA

Episode 212 January 13, 2025 01:01:40
212. Nora Volkow | 2025 Perspectives from NIDA
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
212. Nora Volkow | 2025 Perspectives from NIDA

Jan 13 2025 | 01:01:40

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Show Notes

Dr. Nora D. Volkow, M.D., is the longest residing Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health since 2003.

She is the world's go to person when it comes to the issue of drugs, and commonly known as the mother to the science demonstrating that drug addiction is a brain disorder. 

Dr. Volkow continues her tradition of starting the High Truths podcast season with reflections and hopes in the issue of drugs.

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