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Quick Reference/Drugs & Health

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Reporter's Quick Reference Guide—Who to Call for What

 
WHAT WHO
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(Within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS])
Science of drug use and addiction, including brain development, health consequences, prevention, and treatment; every December NIDA releases the annual Monitoring the Future Survey of teen drug use (8th, 10th, and 12th graders) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Press Office: 301-443-6245
E-mail: media@nida.nih.gov
Web: www.drugabuse.gov/news-events
Science of alcohol use and addiction prevention, treatment, and recovery; NIAAA administers the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Press Office: 301-443-2857
E-mail: NIAAAPressOffice@mail.nih.gov
Web: www.niaaa.nih.gov/news-events/press-room
Science of mental health disorder prevention, treatment, and recover National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Press Office: 301-443-4536
E-mail: NIMHpress@nih.gov
Web: www.nimh.nih.gov/news/index.shtml
To contact NIH Institutes not listed here NIH Media contacts:
Press Office: 301-496-5787
Web: www.nih.gov/news/media_contacts.htm
 
WHAT WHO
Other Relevant Agencies within HHS
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator, and Prevention and Treatment Block Grants Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Press Office: 240-276-2130
Web: www.samhsa.gov/newsroom
Safety and efficacy of medications U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Press Office: 301-796-4540
E-mail: fdaoma@fda.hhs.gov
Web: www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/
Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) database (includes overdose data), Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Press Office: 404-639-3286
E-mail: media@cdc.gov
Web: cdc.gov/media/index.html
HIV/AIDS HIV.gov
Web: hiv.gov
 
Relevant Offices Outside HHS

Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
Executive Office of the President
Press Office: 202-395-6618
E-mail: Mediainquiry@ondcp.eop.gov
Web: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), within the U.S. Department of Justice
Press Office: 202-307-7977
Web: www.dea.gov