As 2020 Closes, Many Questions Remain about Youth Substance Use Trends
NIDA-funded research aims to help understand teen drug use and its effects
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The CDC Provides Crucial New Guidance on Opioids and Pain
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Although these medications have a legitimate and important role in the treatment of severe acute pain and some severe chronic pain conditions, it is clear that they are also overprescribed...
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A Major Step Forward for Addiction Medicine
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A major milestone was reached on March 14, 2016, when the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) formally announced recognition of the field of Addiction Medicine as a medical subspecialty.
Intervening Early to Prevent Substance Use Disorders
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The brain is an organ that adapts in both short- and long-term ways to its environment, and prevention science over the past few decades has shown clearly that a person’s...
NIDA's 2016-2020 Strategic Plan
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Over the last four decades, NIDA-supported research has revolutionized our understanding of drug use and addiction, driving a new understanding of the neurobiological, genetic, epigenetic, social, and environmental factors that...
Saving a “Lost Generation”: The Need to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Midlife
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By Dr. Nora Volkow (NIDA) and Dr. George Koob (NIAAA)- We have long expcted to see increasing substance use in middle and later life with the aging of baby boomers—a...
Listening to the Dead
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Guest blog by Bill Williams - a reminder of the devastating and incomprehensible experiences faced by families who are fighting the disease of addiction.
