New Drug Control Strategy Signals Policy Shift

Investigating separate and joint effects of alcohol and tobacco on the nucleus accumbens
The brain’s nucleus accumbens (NAC) is a core region of the mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system. The mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic system plays an important role in addiction. New findings show distinct gene expression patterns for alcoholics, smokers and smoking alcoholics in the NAC.

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New drug control strategy signals policy shift
President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a revised approach to “confronting the complex challenge of drug use and its consequences,” putting more resources into drug prevention and treatment. Barack Obama – President of the United States – President – Drug abuse – Criminal justice

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New drug control strategy signals policy shift
Four decades after President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” the White House on Tuesday announced a shift in national drug policy that would treat illegal drug use more as a public health issue and plunge more resources into prevention and treatment.

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