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The Science Behind Drugs and the Body Collection

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This collection provides teacher information and student resources for learning about the science behind various drug connected topics.

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Resources in “The Science Behind Drugs and the Body” Collection

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Archive: Understanding the Brain: What Drugs Can Tell Us, March 24, 2011 Web Seminar Archive
NIDA Teaching Packets

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NIH Supplement: The Brain—Understanding Neurobiology through the Study of Addict

Discover the fundamentals of neurobiology, and learn how drugs of abuse change the brain. Learn that drug addiction is a treatable, chronic brain disease.

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NSquad

Web adventure for alcohol and the body systems

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Reconstructors

Three web adventure programs are at this URL. Uncommon Scents is a setting of an industrial spill and the neurobiology behind what happens in the body. Inhalants are included in this three episode program. Reconstructors is the science behind opioids and analgesics. Nothing to Rave About is the science behind club drugs and ecstasy. Teacher support materials are also available.

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Science Sampler: Modeling the effects of drugs on the brain Journal Article
Understanding_the_Brain_What_Drugs_Can_Tell_Us.ppt

March 24, 2011, Web Seminar PowerPoint Presentation

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