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Featured Public Education Project

HBO addiction - image of a group of peopleProduced by HBO in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the Addiction Project combines film and leading scientific research to shed light on the current state of addiction in America.

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NIDA Media Guide

Connecting the scientific community and the media—ensuring that science forms the foundation of public information on drug abuse and addiction.

For Researchers

How do NIDA research findings make the news?

NIDA has several avenues for releasing research findings to the media:

News Releases

NewsScans (a publication distributed to top medical and science reporters)

NIDA Notes (a bimonthly publication for researchers)

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