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Adolescent Cigarette, Alcohol Use Declines as Marijuana Use Rises

Fewer teens are using cigarettes, alcohol, and most illicit drugs, according to NIDA’s latest Monitoring the Future study. Troubling trends persist in marijuana use, however, and nonmedical prescription drug use remains a concern.

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NIDA creates easy-to-read website on drug abuse

A new, easy-to-read website on drug abuse designed for adults with a low reading literacy level (eighth grade or below) was launched today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The si

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Program Helps Troubled Boys Reduce Substance Abuse

Chronically delinquent boys in Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care reduced their substance abuse more than boys assigned to Community Group Care.

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Reducing Postpartum Drug Use

Highlights a computerized intervention that reduced new mothers' drug abuse in the first 4 months postpartum as reported in a clinical trial of 107 women who abused drugs.

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Manic Mice Show Heightened Sensitivity to Rewards

Reports on an animal study suggesting that the manic stage of bipolar disorder promotes signs of drug abuse vulnerability by enhancing sensitivity to rewards, both natural and drug-related.

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Medicamentos estimulantes para el trastorno de déficit de atención con hiperactividad (TDAH): el metilfenidato y las anfetaminas

Con frecuencia se recetan medicamentos estimulantes (como el metilfenidato y las anfetaminas) para tratar el Trastorno de Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad (TDAH, también conocido como ADHD, por sus siglas en inglés). Este trastorno se caracteriza por un patrón persistente de inatención y/o hiperactividad e impulsividad que se ve más a menudo o es más fuerte de lo que normalmente se observa en personas de un nivel comparable de desarrollo.

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