Below are 5 short "interviews" with Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA on 5 different topics. They are all on a website called Big Think, which in itself seems to be a very interesting site which brings this same type of interview to you from hundreds of diverse thinkers and experts in their fields. I thought you'd enjoy knowing about it...
When Loving Parents Raise Addicts | Nora Volkow | Big Think
Nora Volkow Absolutely Oh absolutely There's an enormous amount of evidence
about how important nurture is in terms of either protecting or making a
kid ...
http://bigthink.com/noravolkow/when-loving-parents-raise-addicts
Tricking Your Brain into Healthy Addictions | Nora Volkow | Big Think
Nora Volkow Yes indeed Unfortunately drugsagain it depends on the drug
obviously Not all of the drugs are the same In terms of how addictive they
are some ...
http://bigthink.com/noravolkow/tricking-your-brain-into-healthy-addictions
The Impossibility ofJust Say No | Nora Volkow | Big Think
Nora Volkow Many surprising findings have come across the studies that have
completely destroyed all of the hypotheses that we initiated with For
example ...
http://bigthink.com/noravolkow/the-impossibility-of-just-say-no
Why Diets Fail | Nora Volkow | Big Think
Nora Volkow Well again it's very difficult to diet A person wants to stop
smoking right They are addicted to smoking and it's not so hard to stop one
two ...
http://bigthink.com/noravolkow/why-diets-fail
The Unyielding Power of Dopamine | Nora Volkow | Big Think
Nora Volkow Dopamine is a chemical substance that serves to send messages
between two cells in the brain and that's we call neurotransmitters There
are many ...
http://bigthink.com/noravolkow/the-unyielding-power-of-dopamine