Expanded National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week begins January 25
An annual, week-long observance that brings together teens and scientific experts to shatter persistent myths about substance use and addiction will feature information about alcohol in addition to...
View ArticleTranslational research focus of NIDA organizational shift
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has reorganized its divisional structure to integrate its research portfolio, promote translational research and increase efficiencies. The new structure...
View ArticleNIH launches landmark study on substance use and adolescent brain development
The National Institutes of Health today awarded 13 grants to research institutions around the country as part of a landmark study about the effects of adolescent substance use on the developing brain....
View ArticleNIDA redesigns Easy to Read and Learn the Link websites for mobile devices
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has redesigned two of its websites, Easy to Read and Learn the Link, for use on mobile devices. This new responsive design model automatically adjusts each...
View ArticleCollege and young adult drug use data now available online
Also new: list of college programs in addiction studies The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is pleased to announce that the latest Monitoring the Future (MTF) national survey results for...
View ArticleReducing nicotine in cigarettes decreases use, dependence and cravings
New NIDA-funded research shows that cutting the amount of nicotine in cigarettes leads to a reduction in the amount of cigarettes smoked per day, decreased nicotine dependence, and reduced cravings....
View ArticleNIDA-NIAAA Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research
Society for Neuroscience satellite meeting explores innovative brain science, including the brain structure-function relationships in human development, developmental consequences of drug and alcohol...
View ArticleNIDA announces new awards for the Clinical Trials Network
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is pleased to announce the award of 13 grants to fund the continuation of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN). The CTN provides...
View ArticleNIDA Issues Challenge to Create App for Addiction Research
App will use Apple’s ResearchKit™ Framework The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today issued a Challenge “Addiction Research: There’s an App for...
View ArticleFDA approves naloxone nasal spray to reverse opioid overdose
Image courtesy of ADAPT Pharma, Inc. Easy-to-use technology provides alternative to injectable form of lifesaving medication The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes...
View ArticleHigh rates of dental and gum disease occur among methamphetamine users
Courtesy of the American Dental Association A new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) documents the high rates and unique patterns of dental decay and gum disease in people who...
View ArticleNIDA and NIAAA release new resources for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) are pleased to unveil new online toolkits designed for National Drug and Alcohol Facts...
View ArticleNational Institute on Drug Abuse to discuss results of 2015 Monitoring the...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a teleconference and Twitter chat on Wednesday, December 16, to discuss the results of the 2015 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. The survey,...
View ArticleRegistration open for Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day; SHATTER THE MYTHS pledge card...
Schools can now register for Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day, the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) annual Web chat that connects NIH and FDA scientists with teens around the country, at...
View ArticleDrug use trends remain stable or decline among teens
The 2015 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF) shows decreasing use of a number of substances, including cigarettes, alcohol, prescription opioid pain relievers, and synthetic cannabinoids (“synthetic...
View ArticleNIDA editorial urges safer opioid prescribing practices for pregnant women
Photo by morgueFile.com Recent research sheds light on the risks of prescribing opioids to pregnant women and their exposed infants – underscoring the importance of following good opioid prescription...
View ArticleNew policies to reduce opioid prescribing not likely to have caused increase...
A new scientific review suggests that federal and state policies aimed at curbing inappropriate prescribing of opioids have not directly led to the recent increases in heroin use across the nation....
View ArticleResearch on THC blood levels sheds light on difficulties of testing for...
©Shutterstock/Ralf Kleemann Driving under the influence of drugs is a major public safety issue, and marijuana is the illicit drug most commonly found in the blood of drivers. There is an ongoing...
View ArticleReview article reinforces support for brain disease model of addiction
©iStock/MachineHeadz The concept of addiction as a brain disease is still being questioned. Yet, an article published today in The New England Journal of Medicine by NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow,...
View ArticleNIDA issues strategic plan to address current and future public health needs...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released its Strategic Plan for 2016-2020: Advancing Addiction Science, focusing on its mission to advance science on the causes and consequences of...
View ArticleDr. Marilyn Huestis retires
This week the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced that Dr. Marilyn Huestis, Chief of Chemistry and Drug Metabolism at NIDA’s Intramural Research Program (IRP) in Baltimore, Maryland, has...
View ArticleFDA approves six month implant for treatment of opioid dependence
Courtesy of Braeburn Pharmaceuticals The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has...
View ArticleNaloxone prescriptions from pharmacies increased ten-fold
A new scientific analysis shows prescriptions for naloxone, a medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose, has increased ten-fold in the past eighteen months. Naloxone is traditionally...
View ArticleA child’s first eight years critical for substance abuse prevention
An online guide about interventions in early childhood that can help prevent drug use and other unhealthy behaviors was launched today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the...
View ArticleNIDA and ARC announce funding opportunity for research projects to address...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), has announced a NIDA funding opportunity for one-year, services planning research grants to...
View ArticleNIH convenes Marijuana and Cannabinoids: A Neuroscience Research Summit
What: NIH to host Marijuana and Cannabinoids: A Neuroscience Research Summit, focusing on the neurological and psychiatric effects of marijuana, other cannabinoids, and the endocannabinoid system....
View ArticleSubstance use disorders extremely common among previously incarcerated youth
©iStock/AlexRaths New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse revealed that of previously incarcerated youths, more than 90% of males and nearly 80% of females had a substance use...
View ArticleReview article outlines strategies to reduce opioid abuse risk
©Shutterstock/David Smart More than 30 percent of Americans have some form of chronic pain. Yet, the over-reliance on the millions of opioid pain reliever prescriptions dispensed yearly have resulted...
View ArticleBrain dopamine release reduced in severe marijuana dependence
©istockphoto/wenht NIDA-funded research using brain scans shows that severe marijuana dependence (now referred to as cannabis use disorder) is associated with a reduced release of dopamine within the...
View ArticleExtended-release naltrexone lowers relapse rates in ex-offenders
©istockphoto/kwanchaichaiudom New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) revealed that the initial relapse rates among opioid-dependent adults in the criminal justice system was...
View ArticleDr. Nora Volkow to Speak at X-STEM: Extreme STEM Symposium
Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, will speak about the addicted brain at X-STEM, an Extreme STEM Symposium for middle through...
View ArticleAdvancing psychiatric practice through the science of addiction
NIDA hosts research track at APA annual meeting The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will present a research track at the 2016 American Psychiatric Association’s (APA’s) Annual Meeting in...
View ArticleCo-prescribing naloxone in primary care settings may reduce ER visits
©iStockphoto/megaflopp Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that patients taking opioids for long-term chronic pain, who were given prescriptions for naloxone in a...
View ArticleLink between stress mindset and factors that influence addiction...
A project showing how negative attitudes about stress impact key factors that influence vulnerability to addiction, including sleep, emotion and cognition, won a first place Addiction Science Award at...
View ArticleNIDA creates online resource to raise awareness about naloxone
Image courtesy of ADAPT Pharma, Inc. Responding to public demand for tools and information to help stem the growing opioid overdose epidemic, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has created a...
View ArticleTeens using e-cig devices not just for nicotine
Photo by ©iStock.com/kitiara65/http://istockpho.to/1SWVugO A recent analysis of the 2015 Monitoring the Future (MTF) findings on e-cigarette use highlights uncertainty about what teens are actually...
View ArticlePioneering early stage researchers selected for NIDA’s 2016 Avenir awards
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced seven recipients of its two Avenir Award programs for HIV/AIDS and genetics or epigenetics...
View ArticlePrescription Drug Monitoring Programs Linked to Reductions in Opioid Overdose...
Photo by ©iStock.com/18percentgrey New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that state implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) was associated...
View ArticleAddiction treatment patients trained to manage their healthcare may have...
Photo by ©iStock.com/shironosov Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reveals that teaching patients in addiction treatment how to communicate with physicians, and providing...
View ArticleSecondhand marijuana smoke may impair cardiovascular function
Pre-clinical research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that secondhand marijuana smoke may cause longer lasting cardiovascular harm than secondhand tobacco smoke. Image...
View ArticleSmoking cessation success linked to sex difference
Photo by ©Shutterstock.com/Pedro Bento A meta-analysis of smoking cessation therapies, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), showed that clinicians should strongly consider varenicline...
View ArticleResearch finds that patient navigation does not improve viral suppression...
New research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that intensive patient navigation support and financial incentives used to motivate patients with substance use disorders to...
View ArticleNIDA editorial supports use of buprenorphine implant for opioid use disorder
Courtesy of Braeburn Pharmaceuticals An editorial published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association by NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow and NIDA Deputy Director Dr. Wilson Compton...
View ArticleAthletic teens less likely to transition from prescription pain relievers to...
Teens who participate in daily sports and exercise activities are less likely to transition from opioid pain reliever use to heroin, according to research funded by the National Institute on Drug...
View ArticleBrain region may manage reward expectations and responding
©Shutterstock/vitstudio A new paper by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) researchers suggests that a certain brain region—the amygdala central nucleus— plays a role in predicting reward value...
View ArticleNational Drug & Alcohol Facts Week begins January 23
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announced today that the next National Drug & Alcohol Facts WeekSM (NDAFW) will be...
View ArticlePain relief without risk of addiction or overdose?
©Shutterstock/David Smart New preclinical NIDA-funded research shows that a new compound, BU08028, acts on opioid and non-opioid brain receptors to relieve pain without harmful side effects. In the...
View ArticleRecruitment begins for landmark study of adolescent brain development
Recruitment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States, began today. The landmark study by the...
View ArticleNIH Big Data to Knowledge Initiative (BD2K) - New Funding Announcements
The NIH Big Data to Knowledge initiative (BD2K, https://datascience.nih.gov/bd2k) announces the release of two new RFAs for training in biomedical big data science: RFA-MD-16-002 NIH Big Data to...
View ArticleBuprenorphine Prescribers Treat Below Current Patient Limits
Photo by ©istock.com/ognianm A new NIDA-funded study analysis found that the monthly numbers of opioid use disorder patients treated by buprenorphine prescribers were significantly below current...
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