Enhancing and maintaining a culture of inclusive excellence: The NIH FIRST Program
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NIDA's Scientific Findings & Achievements of 2018
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Here I want to highlight just a few of the many outstanding developments in basic science, new therapeutics, and epidemiology and prevention research from the year that just ended.
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Monitoring the Future Survey Results Show Alarming Rise in Teen Vaping
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The results of the 2018 MTF survey, released today (December 17), contain a mix of encouraging news and warning signals. Notably, the survey this year contained a major shock: a...
New Funding Opportunities in Response to the Opioid Crisis
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Today, NIDA is releasing several new funding opportunity announcements related to the NIH HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term ℠) Initiative.
World AIDS Day 2018
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World AIDS Day, is a good time to reflect on some of the spectacular successes of NIH-funded science at reducing the impact of HIV, as well as how lessons learned...
In Memoriam—Herbert Kleber
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With the passing of Herbert Kleber on October 5, the field of addiction research has lost a true giant—one of its biggest thinkers as well as one of the most...
New NIDA Research Reveals the Power of Social Reinforcers
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Medication is a crucial part of treating addiction—but by itself, a pill or an injection may not be sufficient. Social support has long been known to be an important factor...
Recent Research Sheds New Light on Why Nicotine is So Addictive
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Nicotine does not produce the kind of euphoria or impairment that many other drugs like opioids and marijuana do. People do not get high from smoking cigarettes or vaping. Yet...
The HEALing Communities Study: Using Science to Address the Opioid Crisis
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The public health emergency of opioid misuse and addiction affects millions of Americans and requires innovative scientific solutions. Today, during “National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Awareness Week,” we are sharing...
How Can We Better Support Physicians in Addressing the Opioid Crisis?
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Ample evidence shows methadone and buprenorphine reduce overdose deaths, prevent the spread of diseases like HIV, and enable people to take back their lives, but there are restrictions on who...
NIH Partners with the Dental Community to Help Curb the Opioid Crisis
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Reducing healthcare’s reliance on potentially addictive opioid pain relievers has been one of the pillars of federal efforts to reverse the opioid crisis.
