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Recent News Releases
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New NIDA resource helps families navigate addiction treatment options (January 17, 2012)
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Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens (December 14, 2011)
Recent NIDA Notes Articles
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Individual Differences in Decisionmaking Style May Predict Teen Problems (December 19, 2011)
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Program Helps Troubled Boys Reduce Substance Abuse (December 19, 2011)
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Marker for Neuronal Damage Resolves a Year after Methamphetamine (December 19, 2011)
NIDA in the News
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Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens – NIH Radio (December 20, 2011)
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Teen Smoking, Drinking Down, Marijuana Use Up – ABC News (December 14, 2011)
Featured Public Education Project
Produced 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.
Recent NIDA Podcasts
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Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens (December 20, 2011)
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Monitoring the Future: Briefing and Press Conference (December 14, 2011)
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Potential New Target for Smoking Cessation Without Weight Gain (June 22, 2011)
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E-Newsletters
Upcoming Meetings
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Community Anti-Coalition of America National Leadership Forum XXII (February 06, 2012 - February 09, 2012)
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2012 National Science Teachers Association National Conference on Science Education (March 29, 2012 - April 01, 2012)
Contact NIDA
NIDA Press Office
301-443-6245
media@nida.nih.gov
For the Media
NIDA Media Guide
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For Researchers
How do NIDA research findings make the news?
NIDA has several avenues for releasing research findings to the media:
NewsScans (a publication distributed to top medical and science reporters)
NIDA Notes (a bimonthly publication for researchers)
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