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Today on Behavioral Health Central we continue our five-part series of interviews with noted addiction treatment expert Ralph Tarter, Ph.D., Director of the NIDA-funded Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research (CEDAR), and a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Dr. Tarter has published 11 books, more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, and 71 book chapters. He is currently researching the bio-behavioral risk factors which underlie the risk for substance use disorders within a developmental perspective.
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