Las clases de medicamentos de prescripción que se abusan comúnmente incluyen los opioides, los depresores del sistema nervioso central que también se conocen como "sedantes" o "tranquilizantes" y los estimulantes.
Eleven research institutions in 11 states will receive more than $6 million in federal funding from fiscal year 2010 to support research on substance abuse and associated problems among U.S. military personnel, veterans, and their families.
A multi-faceted treatment program for young adults addicted to opioid drugs was unveiled today at the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA) Blending Conference in Albuquerque, N.M.
The newest drug addiction treatment approaches will be on display at the National Institute on Drug Abuse's eighth Blending Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 22-23.
Babies born to women addicted to opioids fare better when their mothers are treated with either the addiction medication buprenorphine or methadone than babies whose mothers are not treated at all.
Los principios de prevención que se nombran a continuación son el resultado de estudios de investigación a largo plazo sobre los orígenes de las conductas relacionadas con el abuso de drogas y sobre los elementos comunes que comparten los programas eficaces de prevención. Estos principios se diseñaron para ayudar a los profesionales en el campo de la prevención a que puedan usar los resultados de las investigaciones sobre la prevención con el fin de afrontar el problema del consumo de drogas en los niños, los adolescentes y los adultos jóvenes en las comunidades en todo el país.
Every year, the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey measures drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and related attitudes among 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. Following are facts and statistics about youth substance use from the 2012 MTF report.
National estimates on drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments (ED) are obtained from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN),1,2 a public health surveillance system managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). DAWN data* are based on a national sample of general, non-Federal hospitals operating 24-hour Emergency Departments (EDs).