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Film, Video Alan Leshner Discusses New Science of Addiction and What It Means to Society

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Title

  • Alan Leshner Discusses New Science of Addiction and What It Means to Society

Summary

  • Advances in science in recent decades have revolutionized the understanding of the nature of drug abuse and addiction and what society needs to do about them. According to Alan Leshner, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), there is now a clear understanding that drug abuse and addiction are bio-behavioral phenomena with important biological, behavioral and social-context components. Those components must be recognized in developing prevention, treatment and social-policy responses to the problems.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2008-03-04.

Headings

  • -  Science, Technology
  • -  Technology, Industry

Notes

  • -  Classification: Medicine.
  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Alan Leshner.
  • -  Recorded on 2008-03-04.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687939

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  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Alan Leshner Discusses New Science of Addiction and What It Means to Society. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-04, 2008. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687939/.

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Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Science, T. (2008) Alan Leshner Discusses New Science of Addiction and What It Means to Society. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-04. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687939/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Technology Library Of Congress. Science. Alan Leshner Discusses New Science of Addiction and What It Means to Society. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-04, 2008. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687939/>.