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Study of “screen time” on mood, memory, and cognition wins top NIH Addiction Science Award (5/17/13)
Projects on “bath salts” and the link between fetal alcohol exposure and diabetes take other honors.
Heroin and cocaine vaccines successful in preclinical studies (5/16/13)
Science Spotlight.
NIDA and INSERM forge new collaboration on the neuroscience of addiction (5/14/13)
Announcement.
Mare Winningham and Patrick Kennedy join NIDA’s Addiction Performance Project (5/13/13)
Media Advisory.
NIDA and AstraZeneca partner to develop potential addiction medication (5/10/13)
Announcement.
Advancing Psychiatric Practice through the Science of Addiction (5/7/13)
Special NIDA research track at the American Psychiatric Association's annual conference.
NIDA’s Dr. Nora Volkow joins President Clinton on Clinton Foundation’s prescription drug abuse panel (5/3/13)
Media Advisory.
NIH study sheds light on how to reset the addicted brain (4/3/13)
Research suggests that targeted stimulation of the brain’s prefrontal cortex is a promising treatment for addiction.
Genes linked to hepatitis C viral clearance could lead to personalized treatments (3/27/13)
Science Spotlight.
NIDA research shines light on a potential target for cocaine addiction (3/26/13)
Science Spotlight.
Prior marijuana use could increase addictive power of nicotine (3/14/13)
Science Spotlight.
Prevention efforts focused on youth reduce prescription abuse into adulthood (2/14/13)
NIH-funded research shows effectiveness of community-based, substance abuse prevention interventions begun during middle school years.
National Drug Facts Week events now in all 50 states (1/28/13)
Announcement.
Regular marijuana use by teens continues to be a concern (12/19/12)
NIDA’s 2012 Monitoring the Future survey shows rates stable or down for most drugs .
National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2012 Monitoring the Future Survey (12/18/12)
Media Advisory.
New Bath Salts Resource Available from NIDA (12/5/12)
Announcement.
NIDA announces 2012 SCOR Awards for research on gender differences (11/1/12)
Announcement.
New online resources for opioid prescribers now available on NIDA’s website (10/31/12)
Announcement.
New research stresses potential health dangers of “bath salts” (10/17/12)
Science Spotlight.
Actors Elizabeth Marvel and Reed Birney to raise the curtain in NIDA’s Addiction Performance Project (10/16/12)
Media Advisory.
Good Behavior Game wins 2012 Mentor International Best Practice in Prevention Award (10/16/12)
Science Spotlight.
Special journal edition focuses on substance abuse issues impacting American Indians/Alaska Natives (10/11/12)
Announcement.
NIDA launches new tool for parents: Family Checkup: Positive Parenting Prevents Drug Abuse (10/10/12)
Announcement.
On-site HIV testing increases life expectancy in substance abusers and is cost effective (10/9/12)
Science Spotlight.
NIDA accepting proposals to create mobile app that helps patients take medications as prescribed (10/9/12)
Announcement.
Study finds combined dopamine dysfunction in drug addicted, schizophrenic patients (10/4/12)
Science Spotlight.
White House Drug Policy Office and National Institute on Drug Abuse Unveil New Training Materials to Combat National Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic (10/1/12)
New Online Training Tool for Healthcare Providers to Provide Vital Information on Proper Prescribing Practices for Painkillers; Expand Upon Administration Actions to Reduce Addiction, Overdose Deaths.
NIDA/ONDCP to launch online physician training tools (9/27/12)
New CME modules will provide healthcare providers guidance on how to manage pain in their patients while reducing the likelihood of addiction.
NIH-funded study links long-term marijuana use, especially when started during adolescence, with decreased IQ and impaired cognitive function (9/10/12)
Science Spotlight.
New dates. National Drug Facts Week begins Jan. 28, 2013 (8/8/12)
Observance provides teens with information on the science about drug abuse.
Combined medication shows promise for treating cocaine addiction (8/8/12)
Science Spotlight.
NIDA supports development of combined anti-heroin and HIV vaccine (7/25/12)
Innovative dual-vaccine proposal wins 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development.
Prevention of HIV Spread Focus of NIDA's 2012 Avant-Garde Awards (7/23/12)
Innovative research will study how to prevent transmission among the newly infected and identify genetic influences in disease progression.
NIDA Announces 2012 Avant-Garde Award for Medications Development (7/18/12)
NIDA Director Nora Volkow to speak at Aspen Ideas Festival July 2 (6/28/12)
Odds of quitting smoking affected by genetics (5/30/12)
NIH-funded research shows genetics can predict success of smoking cessation and need for medications.
NIH selects 11 Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (5/21/12)
NIH Pain Consortium partners with selected health professional schools.
Optogenetics project takes top NIDA Addiction Science Award (5/18/12)
Connecticut teen’s exploration of the prefrontal cortex impresses NIH judges.
Actress Dianne Wiest to raise the curtain in NIDA (5/3/12)
Blending conference translates substance abuse research into practice (4/16/12)
NIDA program promotes knowledge exchange between addiction researchers and healthcare providers.
NIH’s “PEERx” for teens to be showcased at Rx Drug Abuse Summit (4/3/12)
Study provides clues for designing new anti-addiction medications (3/21/12)
NIH-funded research shows 3D model of activity on key receptor.
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition to highlight dangers of helium (3/12/12)
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NIDA creates easy-to-read website on drug abuse (2/21/12)
New site for adults with limited literacy skills, with audio versions of each page.
New NIDA resource helps families navigate addiction treatment options (1/17/12)
Consumer-friendly publication will guide those struggling with addiction.
Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens (12/14/11)
But NIDA's 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey also shows continued high levels of abuse of alternate tobacco products, marijuana and prescription drugs.
National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey (12/9/11)
Painkiller Abuse Treated by Sustained Buprenorphine/Naloxone (11/8/11)
NIH announces results from first large scale study on treatment of prescription opioid addiction.
Teen musicians in drug treatment win 2012 GRAMMY® experience (11/7/11)
NIH, MusiCares® and GRAMMY Foundation® hail teen artists during National Drug Facts Week.
NIH study examines nicotine as a gateway drug (11/2/11)
NIDA-funded research in mice shows that nicotine primes the brain to enhance cocaine.
FDA and NIH announce joint study on tobacco use and risk perceptions (10/6/11)
Landmark collaboration is the first since the passing of the 2009 Tobacco Control Act.
NIH to fund development of K-12 neuroscience education programs (9/27/11)
Selected grantees will use neuroscience to engage young people in science.
NIDA Avant-Garde-Medications Development Award winners announced (9/20/11)
Grants support novel approaches for treating methamphetamine and nicotine addiction.
HIV/AIDS researcher David Ho wins NIDA's 2011 Avant-Garde Award (8/26/11)
Ho plans to develop a revolutionary, long-acting HIV therapy to improve adherence to treatment.
Second annual National Drug Facts Week begins Oct. 31st (8/22/11)
Awareness week for teens promotes scientific facts about drugs.
Scientists show how gene variant linked to ADHD could operate (8/16/11)
NIH study in mice shows a potential new target for the treatment of ADHD.
Moderate levels of secondhand smoke deliver nicotine to the brain (7/2/11)
NIH-funded study shows how secondhand smoke may increase vulnerability to nicotine addiction.
Potential new target for smoking cessation without weight gain (6/9/11)
NIH-funded study identifies brain pathway in rodents that could be target of new treatments for smoking and weight control.
Altruistic decision making focus of NIDA's Addiction Science Award (5/13/11)
New York high school senior looks at the behavioral economics of intergenerational preferences.
NIH, MusiCares®, GRAMMY Foundation® announce 2011 Teen contest (5/9/11)
Original music and music video competition part of National Drug Facts Week.
NIDA Raises the Curtain on Addiction (4/18/11)
"Addiction Performance Project" premiers for clinicians.
Actress Blythe Danner Raises the Curtain on Addiction (4/8/11)
NIDA's "Addiction Performance Project" for docs to launch in D.C. April 16th.
New Warm Line Helps Clinicians Tackle Patients' Substance Abuse (4/8/11)
NIH and ASAM launch new screening resources.
Analysis of opioid prescription practices finds areas of concern (4/5/11)
NIH report could lead to improved strategies for pain management.
Mind games! NIH teaches kids about the power of the human brain (3/14/11)
NIH-funded study shows early brain effects of HIV in mouse model (3/2/11)
NIH-funded study uses new technology to peek deep into the brain (1/18/11)
Time-lapse technique can show cellular changes related to problems like addiction and brain tumors.
Teen marijuana use increases, especially among eighth-graders (12/14/10)
NIDA's Monitoring the Future Survey shows increases in Ecstasy use and continued high levels of prescription drug abuse.
Buprenorphine treatment in pregnancy: less distress to babies (12/9/10)
NIH study compares buprenorphine to methadone in opioid addicted pregnant women.
National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2010 Monitoring the Future Survey (12/8/10)
Teen musicians win GRAMMY® experience for songs about drug abuse (11/10/10)
NIH collaborates with MusiCares® and the GRAMMY Foundation® to honor teen musicians during National Drug Facts Week.
Unprecedented effort to seek, test, and treat inmates with HIV (9/23/10)
NIH research to improve public health with focus on prison and jail systems across the United States.
First NIDA Avant-Garde Awards for Medications Development Research (9/21/10)
Awards support novel approaches for treating tobacco and cocaine addiction.
Latent HIV infection focus of NIDA's 2010 Avant-Garde Award (9/13/10)
Selected awardee studies the mechanisms of latent HIV infection to develop counter measures aimed at eliminating the virus.
Studies on Combat Related Substance Use and Abuse to be Funded by NIH and VA (8/26/10)
Innovative federal partnership should yield important findings about returning military personnel.
NIDA and Federal Partners to Launch National Drug Facts Week (8/16/10)
November Awareness Week Promotes Scientific Facts about Drugs for Teens.
In NIH-Funded Study, Researchers Uncover Early Step in the Cascade of Brain Events Leading up to Addiction (8/15/10)
Findings represent additional clues to help predict vulnerability to drug abuse.
Leading Addiction Researcher Antonello Bonci joins NIDA to lead Intramural Research Program (8/2/10)
HIV/AIDS Treatment Curbs Spread of HIV Among Drug Users, According to NIH Supported Study (7/18/10)
Increased Use of Treatment Leads to Reduction in New Diagnoses.
NIH, MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation announce teen music contest (7/10/10)
Original music and music video competition part of National Drug Facts Week.
NIH-Supported Finding on Cocaine Addiction: Tiny Molecule, Big Promise (7/7/10)
Discovery could lead to better ways of predicting drug abuse risk and treating addictions.
Neurobiological Circuits of Addiction: Significance for Psychiatric Practice (5/20/10)
Special Research Track at the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Conference.
Computer Modeling to Identify New Medications for Nicotine Addiction Wins First Place NIDA Addiction Science Award at 2010 Intel ISEF (5/14/10)
Brain Training and Class Cutting Also Award-Winning Topics.
From Theory into Practice: NIDA's Blending Conference Highlights the Latest in Drug Abuse Treatment (4/15/10)
Translation Event Brings Researchers and Addiction Specialists Together.
NIDA Blending Conference Launches New Training Approach for Young Adults Addicted to Opioids (4/15/10)
Two-day Forum Translates Research Findings into Clinical Practice.
Common Mechanisms of Drug Abuse and Obesity (3/28/10)
Research Suggests Food Availability Could Prompt Addiction.
Impulsive-Antisocial Personality Traits Linked to a Hypersensitive Brain Reward System (3/15/10)
New Study Sheds Light on a Neurochemical Vulnerability that Could Contribute to Psychopathic Behaviors.
Leading Medication Development Researcher Phil Skolnick joins NIDA to lead Drug Discovery Efforts (1/19/10)
NIDA Researchers Honored With Presidential Early Career Award (1/13/10)
NIDA Researchers Discover A New Mechanism Underlying Cocaine Addiction (1/7/10)
Study Offers Promise for Medication Development.