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Drug Rehab November 19, 2018January 4, 2019

Learning More About Drug Rehab

Drug rehab is fundamental for anyone with a substance dependency problem. The journey to sobriety is not a one day event but a series of…

Alcohol Addiction November 8, 2018January 4, 2019

What Is Outpatient Alcohol Treatment

Addiction to drugs or alcohol differs from one individual to another and so does the treatment plans. The length and intensity of any given recovery…

Drug Addiction November 6, 2018January 4, 2019

How To Stop Using Drugs

Drug dependency is a chronic physical and mental problem that is affecting many people in the US and other parts of the world today. When…

Alcohol Addiction October 30, 2018January 4, 2019

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment The addiction to alcohol has become quite common since alcohol consumption is legal in most of the countries. This means that so…

NIDA launches drug education booklet series for middle school students
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has launched a redesigned series of booklets geared towards educating middle school students about substance use. The Mind Matters series consists of nine booklets on various drug topics. The series was designed to help students in grades 5...
Landmark study of adolescent brain development renews for additional seven years
With nearly $290M of new funding for seven years to research institutions around the country, the National Institutes of Health renewed its commitment to the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health ever conducted in...
Stigma and addiction addressed in New England Journal of Medicine
iStock/janulla Perspective written by NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow, M.D. In a perspective released today in The New England Journal of Medicine, NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow addresses how stigma against people who use drugs can sabotage effective treatment. In Stigma and the Toll of...
NIDA Director outlines potential risks to people who smoke and use drugs during COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19: Courtesy of NIAID The precarious intersection of the COVID-19 national health emergency and the concurrent epidemic of drug overdose deaths is outlined in the Annals of Internal Medicine this week by Dr. Nora D. Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part...
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® celebrates 10 years
March 23, 2020—National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW) marks its 10th anniversary March 30 through April 5, 2020, encouraging communities around the country to SHATTER THE MYTHS® about substance use and addiction. NDAFW is a joint initiative of the National Institute on...
Vaping of marijuana on the rise among teens
Findings from the 2019 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey demonstrate the appeal of vaping to teens, as seen in the increased prevalence of marijuana use as well as nicotine vaping. Results from the 45th annual MTF survey, a nationally representative sample of eighth, 10th and 12th graders...
National Institute on Drug Abuse to hold teleconference discussing key findings of 2019 Monitoring the Future Survey on teen drug use
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a teleconference on Wednesday, December 18, to discuss the results of the 2019 Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey. The survey, funded by NIDA and conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan, tracks annual drug use and attitudes...
Event registration opens for 10th anniversary of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) announced that event registration begins today for the 10th annual National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW), to be held March 30 through April 5, 2020. NDAFW is a...
NIH-funded study finds teens prefer mint and mango vaping flavors
Courtesy: www.unsplash.com/ Dani Ramos A new analysis suggests that teens prefer mint and mango as their vaping flavors of choice for e-cigarettes. Previous research showed that teens were attracted to nicotine vaping by the candy and fruit-flavored products offered by manufacturers....
Nicotine addiction linked to diabetes through a DNA-regulating gene in animal models
Image by NIDA Researchers have discovered a mechanism in rats that links cigarette smoking and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Scientists found a crucial role for a diabetes-associated gene, called transcription factor 7-like 2 (Tcf7l2), in regulating the response to nicotine in the...