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Smoking Cessation Does Not Interfere With Recovery From Substance Use

October 2014
Despite common concerns that encouraging patients to quit smoking might endanger their success in treatment of substance use and mood or anxiety disorders, smoking cessation appears unlikely to hinder and may even help recovery.

Dr. Kevin M. Gray

October 2014
NIDA-funded researcher Dr. Kevin Gray describes an ongoing clinical trial examining the possibility of using N-acetylcysteine to treat marijuana addiction.

Dr. Kevin M. Gray Q & A: A Potential Medication for Marijuana Dependence

October 2014
Dr. Kevin M. Gray discusses why it’s the perfect time for discovering new evidence-based treatments for marijuana dependence. In an accompanying podcast, he discusses a clinical trial that examines NAC’s potential as a treatment for marijuana dependence among adults.

A Genetic Nexus of Obesity and Smoking

October 2014
Research shows that some gene variants that influence body mass index also shape smoking behaviors.

New Approach Uses Immune Cells To Deliver Anti-HIV Medications

October 2014
Nano-antiretroviral therapy (nano-ART) turns macrophages—one of the very cell types that HIV uses to replicate and spread through the body—into carriers for anti-HIV medications. The approach has the potential to make treatment for HIV easier and more effective.

Student-Scientists Present Award-Winning Research at NIDA

August 2014
Four high school students were honored for their work regarding e-cigarettes, the GABAA neuroreceptor, and adolescent multitasking.

Training Workshops Boost Approval of Contingency Management

August 2014
Clinicians associated with the Veterans Administration looked more favorably upon contingency management after attending training workshops on the use of the intervention. Despite being highly effective at decreasing drug use, contingency management is one of the least used among proven substance abuse treatments.

Self-Control Protects Urban Minority Youths From Drug Use and Depressive Mood

July 2014
Interventions that bolster self-control in childhood and early adolescence might shield ethnic and racial minority adolescents and young adults from the burden of both drug use and depressive mood.

Among High School Seniors, Driving After Marijuana Use Surpasses Drunk Driving

July 2014
Within the 2 weeks prior to responding to a nationwide survey, 28 percent of high school seniors were in a vehicle whose driver had been using marijuana or another illicit drug, or had drunk 5 or more alcoholic drinks.

Dr. Antonello Bonci Q & A: Lighting Up the Brain To Shut Down Cocaine Seeking

July 2014
The Scientific Director of NIDA’s Intramural Research Program talks about switching off animals’ compulsive cocaine seeking by optogenetically activating the prefrontal cortex, and the implications of this work for people. In an accompanying podcast, Dr. Bonci walks viewers through experiments that showed that prefrontal cortex activity levels may constitute a simple switch controlling whether or not animals compulsively seek cocaine.

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Smoking Cessation Does Not Interfere With Recovery From Substance Use

Dr. Kevin M. Gray

Dr. Kevin M. Gray Q & A: A Potential Medication for Marijuana Dependence

A Genetic Nexus of Obesity and Smoking

New Approach Uses Immune Cells To Deliver Anti-HIV Medications

Student-Scientists Present Award-Winning Research at NIDA

Training Workshops Boost Approval of Contingency Management

Self-Control Protects Urban Minority Youths From Drug Use and Depressive Mood

Among High School Seniors, Driving After Marijuana Use Surpasses Drunk Driving

Dr. Antonello Bonci Q & A: Lighting Up the Brain To Shut Down Cocaine Seeking

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