Prescription Stimulants

Vaping, marijuana use in 2019 rose in college-age adults

Increases are among the largest in history of national study

Connections between Sleep and Substance Use Disorders

Marijuana use at historic highs among college-age adults

Newly released Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey data on drug use in college-age adults ages 19-22 shows an increase in marijuana use in the past five years, including vaping with marijuana, as well as a significant increase in nicotine vaping.

Teens who misuse medicines get them from multiple sources

Two NIDA-funded studies have found that adolescents using multiple sources for prescription medications are at high risk for other substance use.

Compound identified as possible medication target for cocaine use disorder

NIH-funded scientists have now identified a compound that shows promise in reducing self-administration of cocaine in mice.

Five million American adults misusing prescription stimulants

Looking at annual averages, approximately 6.6% (or 16 million) of U.S. adults used prescription stimulants in the preceding year; 4.5% (or 11 million) used prescription stimulants appropriately (without misuse); 2.1% (or 5 million) misused prescription stimulants at least once; and 0.2% (or 0.4 million) had prescription stimulant use disorders.

Stimulating news about brain glutamate

NIDA-funded scientists conducted the first study showing that the signaling transmitter glutamate increases in the brain after stimulant use in humans, which has a greater effect in females.