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NIDA's Blending Initiative: Accelerating Research-Based Treatments into Practice (Topics in Brief)

Revised October 2007.
Describes an initiative to bridge the gap between drug abuse and addiction research and practice that includes a clinical trials network, conferences, blending teams, and partnerships.

Volume 21, Number 4 (NIDA Notes)

Published October 2007.
Reports research findings on neuropeptides as catalysts for drug seeking; a potential therapeutic in opiate and nicotine addiction; gene regulation in chronic cocaine abuse; brain changes resulting from anabolic steroid use among adolescent females, and more.

A Functional Variation in the COMT Gene Modulates the Effect of Adolescent Cannabis Use on the Risk of Adult Psychosis graph

Comorbid Drug Abuse and Mental Illness (Topics in Brief)

Revised October 2007.
Provides a research update on comorbid drug abuse and mental illness, exploring why they commonly occur, how common they are, and how they can be diagnosed and treated.

Volume 21, Number 5 (NIDA Notes)

Published March 2008.
Reports research findings on combination treatments for marijuana abuse; the link between alcohol abuse and prescription drug abuse; genetic findings in opioid dependence; insomnia among cocaine abusers; and more.

Genetic variation in COMT influences the harmful effects of abused drugs graph

Genetics of Addiction (Topics in Brief)

Revised April 2008.
Explores the research advances regarding genetics and addiction, discusses the potential role of the environment in the disease, and the promise of personalized medicine.

Volume 21, Number 6 (NIDA Notes)

Published June 2008.
Reports research findings on a new therapy for substance abusers who also have a mental illness; prenatal smoking and behavioral problems in children; the impact of morphine on the immune system; animal studies on cocaine and toluene abuse, and more.

Workplace Resources (DrugFacts)

Revised July 2008.
Reports on workplace trends among substance abusers and describes the benefits employers have found after implementing drug-free workplace programs. En Español

Addiction Science: From Molecules to Managed Care

Published July 2008.
Explores the science behind such questions as what is addiction, why do people abuse drugs, and how does drug use change the brain, as well as research-based information about prevention, treatment, relapse, and HIV/AIDS.

Imaging studies show that smoking tobacco affects the whole body image

Tobacco and Nicotine Research (Topics in Brief)

Revised August 2008.
Provides an update on the scientific information on nicotine and tobacco, including basic research on their biological effects, the scope of use, prenatal exposure, and treatment.

Volume 22, Number 1 (NIDA Notes)

Published September 2008.
Reports on innovations in drug abuse research including novel approaches to analgesia; the role of the immune system in brain development; genetics and drug addiction; new optic technologies for visualizing cells in the brain, and more.

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NIDA's Blending Initiative: Accelerating Research-Based Treatments into Practice (Topics in Brief)

Volume 21, Number 4 (NIDA Notes)

Comorbid Drug Abuse and Mental Illness (Topics in Brief)

Volume 21, Number 5 (NIDA Notes)

Genetics of Addiction (Topics in Brief)

Volume 21, Number 6 (NIDA Notes)

Workplace Resources (DrugFacts)

Addiction Science: From Molecules to Managed Care

Tobacco and Nicotine Research (Topics in Brief)

Volume 22, Number 1 (NIDA Notes)

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