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| | NIDA Launches New Interactive Youth Website: "NIDA for Teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse" |
 | | The website, "NIDA for Teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse," is part of a larger NIDA initiative to expand resources that provide informative and accurate data to both students and teachers about the health effects of drug abuse. |
 | | The larger initiative, "NIDA Goes Back to School," was officially launched in September and is designed to expand educational resources and generate interest among students in the biological sciences as a possible career choice. |
 | | The NIDA for Teens website is an interactive website geared towards youth ages 11 to 15 and includes age appropriate facts on drugs, real stories about teens and drug abuse, games, take home activities, and a Q&A forum with Dr. Volkow. |
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