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It could be related to the drug-like state of withdrawal that comes when you severely decrease the amount of sugar in your system, says Nora Volkow, Director of the National […]
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Scientist Nora Volkow’s research shows links between food and addiction. Food, just like drugs, is linked to dopamine.
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Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, pinpoints genetic and environmental reasons that render some people vulnerable to drugs.
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Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, separates the drug addicts from drug users.
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Drug addiction researcher Nora Volkow walks us through the singular chemical that drives substance abuse.
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A conversation with the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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“Stitches” is only the second graphic novel ever to be nominated for a National Book Award. The author discusses what the honor meant to him and why his dark memoir […]
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Only two countries have yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child—Somalia, and the United States. Jo Becker explains why.
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Though it may seem like a quintessentially 19th century problem to many Americans, child labor is surprisingly prevalent throughout the First World.
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Though there continues to be resistance internationally to making 18 the minimum for military service, provisions in the CRC for education and security provide other outlets for children in areas […]
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Human Right’s Watch’s Jo Becker delineates the recruitment of child soldiers, and the abuses they suffer once they’ve been drafted.
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Twenty years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child, countries around the world are still struggling with implementation.
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Ann Venemen dissects the consequences of letting another generation go without education, health care, and basic civil rights.
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Veneman admits it’s a challenge to find a set of standards that fits every country and context, but argues against a sliding scale of rights.
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UNICEF head Ann Veneman shares some of the frequently overlooked abuses that children are subject to the world over.
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The former child soldier decries the violence that many children still face.
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Ishmael Beah shares his own experience of being a child soldier.
