Primary Recipient

EMORY UNIVERSITY

Amount

$947,179.00

Award Date

6/05/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Current theories of drug abuse view addiction as a disease, but inevitably, the element of volitional choice will remain one of the key components of the illness. The issue boils down to this: why does an individual choose to use drugs even when they kn