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NIDA Goes BACK to School
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At a press briefing held today in Washington, D.C., Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, discussed the Institute's new...
NIDA Funds Research to Enhance Knowledge, Training of Drug Abuse Therapists in Community Settings
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, today announced it has awarded 7 grants to develop new and different ways of training and supervising community-based drug...
NIDA Grants Will Fill Research Gaps on Stress and Drug Use
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, today announced it has awarded 10 grants to study the relationship between chronic stress, repeated stressors, and brain mechanisms...
NIDA Grants Address Childhood Mental Illness, Role in Drug Abuse
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Today, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, announced it has awarded 7 grants to study the impact of childhood psychiatric conditions on the potential for...
Small Study Suggests Anticonvulsant Drug Holds Promise as Therapy for Cocaine Abuse
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A preliminary clinical trial funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institutes of Health, suggests that gamma vinyl-GABA (GVG) - a drug used to treat epilepsy -...
New Research Spurs 2nd Printing of NIDA Prevention Guide
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, today released its newly updated publication, "Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and...
NIDA Goes BACK to School
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Like millions of students and teachers across the country, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, is going back to school in...
PET Scans Show Cigarette Smoke Affects Peripheral Organs
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It is well known that smoking cigarettes can directly and often fatally damage the lungs. But new research, with support from the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and...
NIDA Hosts Drug Abuse Scientists and Clinicians at Colorado Blending Conference
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As in other fields of medicine, a gap exists in the drug abuse treatment field between clinical practice and basic scientific investigation. To help narrow this gap, the National Institute...
Office-Based Therapy for Opiate Addiction Successful
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The recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of buprenorphine and of a combination product containing buprenorphine and naloxone, developed through more than a decade of research supported by the...
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Partners with NIDA to Educate Nation About Effects of Drugs
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To raise awareness about the effects of drug use on the most vulnerable populations? children and adolescents?as they return to school, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is partnering with...
Rat Study Shows Exposure to Ecstasy Early in Pregnancy Induces Brain, Behavior Changes
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Researchers at Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago have shown that 21-day-old rat pups exposed in the womb to the drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, often called Ecstasy) during a period...
Amphetamine or Cocaine Exposure May Limit Brain Cell Changes That Normally Occur with Life Experiences
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Researchers know that certain kinds of experiences, such as those involved in learning, can physically change brain structure and affect behavior. Now, new research in rats shows that exposure to...
New Compound That Acts on Peripheral Receptors May Be Promising Treatment for Some Nerve Pain
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Results of a new study in mice and rats show that a compound which acts on a specific type of cell receptor found only outside the central nervous system decreases...
NewsScan for July 30, 2003 - Research News
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New Vaccine Reduces Behavioral Effects of Nicotine NIDA-funded scientists have developed a new vaccine that successfully reduces the behavioral effects of nicotine in rats. Unlike previously developed vaccines, the new...
Scientists Gather to Discuss Advances in Drug Abuse Research
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More than 1,000 scientists will meet June 14-19 in Bal Harbour, Florida, at the Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) to discuss their latest...
NewsScan for May 23, 2003 - Research Findings
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Treatment for Cocaine Addiction May Reduce HIV Risk Cocaine addiction has previously been linked to an increased risk of contracting HIV, mainly as a result of sharing contaminated injection equipment...
NIDA Announces 7th Annual "PRISM" Award Winners
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LOS ANGELES, May 8, 2003 -Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Bernie Mac, John Spencer, Tim Matheson and Noah Wyle received PRISM Awards for individual performances in film and television at the...
NewsScan for May 2, 2003 - Research News
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Real-Time Monitoring of Dopamine Activity in Brain Helps Explain How Environmental Cues Contribute to Cocaine Relapse Real-time monitoring of dopamine activity in the brain shows that in rats the mere...
NewsScan for April 9, 2003 - Research News
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Study of Twins Reveals That Changes in Attention and Motor Skills Persist at Least a Year after Heavy Stimulant Abuse In a study supported by the National Institute on Drug...
NewsScan for March 5, 2003
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NIDA News - Dr. Nora D. Volkow Named Director of NIDA Nora D. Volkow, M.D., has been appointed the new director of NIDA by National Institutes of Health Director Dr...
NewsScan for February 19, 2003 - Research News
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This issue of NewsScan focuses on NIDA-supported research on nicotine addiction. Its issuance precedes the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco to be held...
Dr. Nora D. Volkow Named New Director of NIDA
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Bethesda, Maryland - National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., today announced the appointment of Nora D. Volkow, M.D., as the new director of the NIH's National Institute...
NewsScan for January 13, 2003 - Research News
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Teen Drug Use Associated with Psychiatric Disorders Later in Life Children who start to use alcohol, marijuana or other illicit drugs in their early teen years are more likely to...
2002 Monitoring The Future Survey Shows Decrease in Use of Marijuana, Club Drugs, Cigarettes and Tobacco
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Results from the annual Monitoring the Future Survey of 8th, 10th and 12th grade students in U.S. schools indicate that use of marijuana, some club drugs, cigarettes and alcohol decreased...
NIDA Announces 2003 Science-based Resource Calendar for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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In its ongoing initiative to raise awareness among cultural populations in the United States about the health risks of drug abuse and addiction, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)...
NewsScan for November 4, 2002 - Research News
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Scientists Say NOW is the Time to Stop Smoking After reviewing the literature on smoking cessation programs and other issues related to smoking, scientists from the University of Wisconsin and...
NIDA Sponsors Frontiers in Addiction Research - A Series of Satellite Symposia - In Conjunction With Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting in Orlando
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is sponsoring a series of satellite symposia in conjunction with the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, to be held at...
NIDA Research and SAMHSA Physician Training Combine to Put Care for Opiate Dependence in Hands of Family Doctor
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Buprenorphine, a new medication developed through more than a decade of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), will now become available to treat heroin and other...
New NIDA Science Education Materials for Second and Third Graders Available Online
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new elementary school curriculum: "Brain Power! The NIDA Junior Scientists Program." Available online and designed for use in second-and third-grade...
NIDA and SAMHSA Enter Agreement to Expedite Transfer of Findings from Treatment Research into Clinical Practice
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced a unique intra-agency agreement to expedite the application of findings from...
Scholastic Classroom Magazines and National Institute on Drug Abuse Announce Science Education Partnership Launching This Fall
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New York, NY and Washington, DC: Scholastic, the global children's publishing and media company, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) today announced a two-year, school-based science education partnership...
NIDA Experts to Discuss Prescription Drug Abuse, New Treatment Medications, and Relapse Prevention at APA Convention in Chicago
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Substance abuse is one of the many topics on this year's agenda of the American Psychological Association's (APA) 110th annual convention being held in Chicago from August 22-25, 2002. The...
NewsScan for July 31, 2002 - Research News
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Teen Drug Use Linked with Later Health Problems A long-term study has linked adolescent drug use with health problems in early adulthood. Subjects in their mid-to-late twenties who had used...
NIDA Launches New Publication For Researcher-Provider Dialogue
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NIDA is launching Science & Practice Perspectives, a new publication that will promote a practical, creative dialogue between researchers and treatment providers. Published twice a year, the exchange of information...
Exposure to Hepatitis C Has No Effect on Antiretroviral Treatment Outcomes in HIV Patients
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A study of HIV-infected patients in Baltimore, Maryland, revealed that individuals seropositive for hepatitis C had similar clinical outcome measures when treated with antiretroviral drug regimens compared to seronegative patients...
NewsScan for June 24, 2002 - Research News
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Journal of General Internal Medicine Produces Special Issue on Substance Abuse The May 2002 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine is devoted to the subject of substance abuse...
Scientists Gather in Quebec City, Canada to Discuss Advances in Drug Abuse Research
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More than 1,000 scientists and physicians are meeting June 8th-13th in Quebec City, Quebec, at the 64th annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) to discuss...
Study Reports Preliminary Findings Related to Methamphetamine
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Scientists from The Ohio State University are examining the interaction between methamphetamine use and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) to determine whether such research may offer insights that would aid in...
Substance Abuse Increases in New York City in Aftermath of September 11th
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Survey results indicate that smoking and alcohol and marijuana use increased among residents of Manhattan during the five to eight weeks after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center...
NewsScan for May 28, 2002 - Research News
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Dopamine May Play Role in Cue-Induced Craving Distinct from Its Role Regulating Reward Effects NIDA-supported researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook...
"BLOW" Receives Top Honors at 6th Annual Prism Awards
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LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2002 - "Blow," starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, received the PRISM Award in the Theatrical Feature Film category at the 6th 6th nual PRISM Awards...
Study Quantifies Cost-Benefit of Family Interventions Designed to Prevent Adolescent Alcohol Use
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Iowa State University researchers have calculated that brief family intervention programs designed to discourage teen drinking are both beneficial and cost-effective. Their study found that each dollar spent on intervention...
Research Yields New Insights into Molecular Control of Addiction
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In research employing fruit flies, scientists at the University of Arizona have provided new insights into how molecules may control addiction, memory formation, and brain plasticity. Their research has provided...
Significant Deficits in Mental Skills Observed in Toddlers Exposed to Cocaine Before Birth
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A study conducted by researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland found that children exposed to cocaine before birth were twice as likely to have significant delays in mental...
NewsScan for April 8, 2002 - Stress and Drug Abuse Issue
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Both research and clinical experience have demonstrated that stress increases the risk of substance abuse and is one of the major reasons why recovering drug abusers relapse. Many Americans are...
Adolescent Depression and High Receptivity to Tobacco Ads May Lead to Teen Smoking
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A NIDA-funded study by researchers at the Georgetown University School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine reports that adolescent depression, combined with high receptivity to tobacco...
Study Assesses Impact of September 11th Events on Manhattan Residents - Participants Report Symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression
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In the aftermath of the events of September 11th, researchers funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse assessed post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression among Manhattan...
Public Service Announcements and In the Mix Show Highlight the Dangers of Anabolic Steroids
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Part of the angst of adolescence is concern about body image. In the quest for physical perfection and athletic performance America's young adults increasingly have turned to anabolic steroids, despite...
NewsScan for January 30, 2002 - Research News
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Antipsychotic Drug Risperidone Reduces Euphoric Effects of Cocaine Repeated dosing with risperidone, an antipsychotic drug used to treat disorganized or psychotic thinking, was effective in blunting the euphoric highs associated...
NewsScan for January 3, 2002 - Research News
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Researchers Report First “Genome Scan” for Drug Abuse Results of a genome-wide search, or “genome scan,” by a team of researchers led by Dr. George Uhl, from the National Institute...
2001 Monitoring The Future Survey Released
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Use of cigarettes by American teenagers decreased from 2000 to 2001 according to the annual Monitoring the Future Survey released today by the Department of Health and Human Services. This...
Imaging Studies Expand Understanding of How Methamphetamine Affects the Human Brain
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It is well known that methamphetamine abuse damages the nerve endings of human brain cells containing dopamine, a chemical messenger that plays a role in memory, mood, and motor coordination...
Dr. Glen Hanson Named Acting Director of NIDA
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Glen R. Hanson, D.D.S., Ph.D., today was named the Acting Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse by Ruth Kirschstein, M.D., Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health...
NewsScan for November 27, 2001 - Research News
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Brief Family Interventions in 6th Grade Cut Substance Abuse in 10th Grade Providing substance abuse prevention training to the parents of 6th graders and their children during one evening a...
NewsScan for October 16, 2001 - Research News
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Scientists Show Marijuana Use Affects Learning, Other Memory Skills Researchers at the McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School have found that heavy, long-term marijuana use produces memory impairment for days or even...
Scientists Find New Approach to Developing Medications to Prevent Relapse to Cocaine Use
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Research teams from the Drug Abuse Program of the VU Medical Center in the Netherlands and the intramural laboratories of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have identified a...
NewScan for August 29, 2001 - Research News
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Studies Show Effects of Cocaine Use During Pregnancy on Infants' Brains Babies born to mothers who abuse cocaine during pregnancy often are delivered prematurely, have low birth weights, smaller head...
National Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention Highlights Latest Research
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As communities around the country consider how best to prevent drug use, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is convening its 2nd National Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention Research...
NIDA Initiative Provides Increased Funding For Science-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Research
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In remarks today at the 2nd National Conference on Drug Abuse Prevention Research, Dr. Alan I. Leshner, director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), announced that NIDA will commit $30...
Therapy to Help Women Reduce Their Concerns About Gaining Weight Found to be Effective in Helping Them to Stop Smoking
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that a treatment program that focuses on reducing women's concerns about weight is the first treatment to significantly improve smoking...
NewsScan for July 24, 2001 - Research News
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Study Details 25-Year History of Drug Use by Vietnam War Veterans In one of the few long-term studies of drug use among Vietnam veterans, researchers at the Washington University School...
Scientific Conference Focuses on Ecstasy (MDMA)
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Scientists from around the world are meeting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, July 19 and 20, to discuss the latest research about the drug Ecstasy...
Study of Teens in Four Cities Finds Drug Treatment Effective
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The first large-scale study designed specifically to evaluate drug abuse treatment outcomes among adolescents found that community-based treatment programs can reduce drug and alcohol use, improve school performance, and lower...
Researchers Find That After Stopping Cocaine Use, Drug Craving Gets Stronger Over Time
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Using an animal model of drug craving in laboratory rats, researchers at the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have found that craving for cocaine...
Scientists Gather in Scottsdale to Discuss Advances in Drug Abuse Research
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More than 1,000 scientists, including several Arizona researchers, are meeting June 16-21 in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the 63rd annual meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) to...
New Research Shows Even a Single Drug Exposure Can Alter Brain Function
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Scientists have found that a single use of cocaine can modify neural connections in the brain, and this may help explain at the cellular level how occasional drug use can...
Study Sheds Light on Role of Gender Differences in the Risk of HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users
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HIV risk factors among injection drug users (IDUs) differ markedly by gender, according to a 10-year study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). A recent study by...
Researchers Localize the Brain Circuitry Anticipating Monetary Gains
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Using money as an incentive, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and two other institutions found that human neural responses accompanying the anticipation and experience of winning and losing in...
NewsScan for May 21, 2001 - Research News
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Progress Made in Understanding Neurobiological Basis for Relapse to Cocaine Abuse Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and NIDA's Intramural Research Program have made a major advance in...
33-Year Study Emphasizes Lethal Consequences of Heroin Addiction
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After following a cohort of heroin addicts for more than 33 years, researchers from the UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center found that nearly half of the original group of 581...
Hepatitis C Risk Not Limited to Injection Drug Users
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A study in New York City has found a higher than expected prevalence of hepatitis C infection among non-injecting drug users. In this study, as many as 17 percent of...
NewsScan for May 4, 2001 - Research News
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Studies Shed New Light on HIV Risk-Taking Behavior Among Intravenous Drug Users Drug use is now the major risk factor identified in new cases of AIDS in the United States,and...
Researchers Find Evidence That Prenatal Use of Ecstasy Can Cause Long-Term Memory Loss and Other Impairments in Offspring
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Researchers today reported the first evidence that a mother's use of MDMA (ecstasy) during pregnancy may result in specific types of long-term learning and memory impairments in her offspring. The...
Quitting Smoking Harder for Women than for Men
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A review of numerous research studies focusing on smoking cessation has concluded that while women may suffer greater relative risks of smoking-related diseases than do men, they tend to have...
Study Clarifies Brain Mechanisms of Cocaine's High
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A team of researchers led by scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Intramural Research Program has made a major advance in understanding the molecular basis of how cocaine...
New Brochure Helps Spanish-Speaking Families Discuss Drug Abuse and Related Health Risks
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Juventud Latina - Hable con Sus Hijos Sobre las Drogas y Sus Peligros (Latino Youth - Speak to Your Children About Drugs and Their Dangers) provides a science-based discussion tool...
Potential Medication Can Reduce Effects of Smoked Marijuana in Humans
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Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA) Intramural Research Program in Baltimore, MD, have confirmed for the first time in humans that chemically blocking the body's cannabinoid receptors...
NIDA and Partners Announce National Initiative on Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and several national organizations today announced a public health initiative to raise awareness about recent trends in the misuse and abuse of prescription...
Erika Christensen, NIDA and In the Mix expose the Dark Side of Ecstasy in a New PBS special - ECSTASY
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, NY) - No longer confined to clubs, ecstasy and other drugs like K, acid, and GHB have found their way into schools and homes, and...
National Institute on Drug Abuse Celebrates the 5th Annual Prism Awards
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What began, five years ago, as a small breakfast meeting with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Entertainment Industries Council (EIC) has evolved into a partnership that...
NewsScan for March 19, 2001 - Research News
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Study Finds That Methamphetamine Use Can Increase Stroke-Related Brain Damage Researchers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that methamphetamine use prior to stroke increases damage to the...
Scientists Identify Process That Plays Key Role in Brain Changes Involved in Cocaine Addiction
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Researchers supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have identified a process in the brain that may underlie addiction to cocaine and other drugs of abuse. Their research...
Study Confirms Gender Differences in Progression from HIV to AIDS
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During the first years of HIV infection, women have significantly lower amounts of the virus in their blood than do men, according to one of the largest studies ever to...
Methamphetamine Abuse Leads to Long-Lasting Changes in the Human Brain that are Linked to Impaired Coordination and Memory
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Methamphetamine, a highly addictive stimulant drug, whose abuse has reached epidemic proportions in many parts of the United States, causes long-term changes in the human brain that are associated with...
NewsScan for March, 2001- Research News
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Incentive to Work Helps to Keep Addicts Drug Free An experimental program in Baltimore, Maryland, has been successful in helping drug-abusing women stay free of drugs by paying them a...
Dopamine Receptors Implicated in Obesity
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A deficiency of dopamine in the brain may explain why some individuals engage in pathological overeating, resulting in severe obesity, according to a study published in this week's Lancet. Dopamine...
Research Shows TV PSAs Effective in Reducing Teen Marijuana Use
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Researchers have demonstrated that television public service announcements (PSAs) designed for and targeted to specific teen personality-types can significantly reduce their marijuana use. In a study published in the February...
African American Teens at Greater Risk of Tobacco Addiction
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For African American teens who smoke, culturally-appropriate evaluation of nicotine dependence is an important part of cessation treatment, according to a study published in the December 2000 issue of the...
New Research Expands Understanding of Treatment for ADHD
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Although methylphenidate (Ritalin) is the most frequently prescribed drug for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), its mechanism of action and its effects on the human brain have been poorly...
NewsScan for January, 2001 - Research News
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Teen Marijuana Use Can Lead to Anxiety, Depression, or Aggression Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that adolescents who smoke marijuana exhibit a variety of behavior problems, including...
2000 Monitoring the Future Survey Released
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Overall use of illicit drugs among teenagers remained unchanged from last year, according to the 26th annual Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF) released by the Department of Health and Human...
Fact Sheet - Substance Abuse - A National Challenge Prevention, Treatment and Research at HHS
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Overview Each year, drug- and alcohol abuse contributes to the death of more than 120,000 Americans. Drugs and alcohol cost taxpayers nearly $276 billion annually in preventable health care costs...
NewsScan for December, 2000 - Research News
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Gender Differences May Affect Substance Abuse Treatment Retention A team of researchers affiliated with Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program in Oakland, California, has identified some gender-based differences in retention rates...
Walking A Good Path - 2001 Calendar
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In a unique collaboration to raise awareness about the health risks of drug abuse and addiction, as well as prevention and treatment, American Indian experts and organizations nationwide have collaborated...
Researchers Link Adolescent Cigarette Smoking with Anxiety Disorders during Early Adulthood
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Scientists supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have documented that chronic cigarette smoking during adolescence may increase the likelihood...
High Success Rates for Variety of Heroin Addiction Treatment Medications
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A recent study has shown that levomethadyl acetate (LAAM), buprenorphine, and high doses of methadone (60-100 mg.) were much more effective in treating heroin addiction than low-dose methadone maintenance (20...
National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Expands
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The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network launched a year ago by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) with grants to six research facilities has been expanded to...
National Meeting in Los Angeles to Focus Attention on Drug Addiction and Treatment
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National and local experts on drug addiction and its treatment will gather in Los Angeles from October 30 through November 2. The meeting is sponsored by the National Institute on...
Access to Substance Abuse Treatment for Medicaid Clients Improves With Oregon Model for Financing Treatment Under Managed Care
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Researchers at the Oregon Health Sciences University found that implementation of a capitated substance abuse benefit appeared to increase access to related services for state Medicaid clients in Oregon. This...