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Nora Volkow

Nora Volkow

Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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Notable Quotes

"These drugs interfere with that incentive, motivational drive that consumption reinforces and generates in our brain. That is of course extremely important for drugs, because that's what drugs do: immediately activates a system, and you just want more and more and more." — Nora Volkow, NIDA Director

Stories

Weight-loss drugs show broad power to prevent and reduce addiction

New Capabilities

Advocating for expanded GLP-1 addiction research

Drugs designed to control blood sugar and shrink waistlines may also quiet the cravings that drive addiction. A study of more than 600,000 United States veterans, published March 4 in The BMJ, found that people taking GLP-1 medications were 14 percent less likely to develop a new substance use disorder and, if they already had one, experienced 50 percent fewer substance-related deaths and 39 percent fewer overdoses.

Updated Mar 6