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Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure Linked With Problems

Study findings indicate that children exposed to methamphetamine prenatally show more signs of increased emotionality, anxiety, and depression than nonexposed children at ages 3 and 5 years.

NIDA Announces Avant-Garde Medication Development Awards

Dr. Thomas Kosten of Baylor College of Medicine and Dr. Peter Burkhard of the University of Connecticut are the recipients of NIDA’s 2011 Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative Medication Development Research. Dr. Kosten is developing a vaccine against methamphetamine abuse and Dr. Burkhard is developing a vaccine to counter nicotine addiction.

Stimulant Abusers' Regard for Future Improves With Memory Training

Researchers correlate stimulant abusers’ improved performance on a memory training exerc ise with reductions in delay discounting.

Marker for Neuronal Damage Resolves a Year after Methamphetamine

New results extend previous findings that some methamphetamine-induced neuronal damage resolves after a year of abstinence.

Las drogas de club incluyendo la LSD y otros alucinógenos

Descripción breve

Las drogas de club constituyen un grupo farmacológicamente heterogéneo de compuestos psicoactivos que tienden a ser objeto de abuso por parte de adolescentes y adultos jóvenes en los clubes nocturnos, bares, fiestas "rave" o en el contexto de la música "trance".  Las drogas de club incluyen el GHB, el Rohypnol® y la ketamina, la MDMA (éxtasis) y las metanfetaminas.  La LSD y otros alucinógenos también se consideran drogas de club.

Metanfetamina

La metanfetamina viene en muchas formas diferentes y se puede inhalar, tragar, inyectar o fumar. La metanfetamina puede causar muchos efectos dañinos como problemas para dormir, paranoia, agresividad y alucinaciones.

Impresa en: enero del 2006
Autor: Array


Lea esta publicación en el sitio web del NIDA para adolescentes »

Methamphetamine

Explains how methamphetamine acts in the body and the brain and what happens with long-term use of the drug.

Impresa en: octubre del 2000
Autor: Array


Read this publication online at the NIDA for Teens Web site »

NIDA Avant-Garde-Medications Development Award winners announced

Scientists proposing to develop vaccines against methamphetamine and nicotine have been selected to receive NIDA's second Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative Medication Development Research. The two scientists, Dr. Thomas Kosten, of Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, and Dr.


Letter from the Director

The abuse of methamphetamine - a potent and highly addictive psychostimulant - is a very serious problem in the United States. Initially limited to Hawaii and western parts of the country, methamphetamine abuse continues to spread eastward, with rural and urban areas everywhere increasingly affected. According to one national survey, approximately 10 million people in the United States have tried methamphetamine at least once.

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