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New NIDA resource helps families navigate addiction treatment options
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 11:00pmA new resource, Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask, will help individuals and families struggling with addiction ask the right questions before choosing a drug treatment program. It was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is available to the public free online or in hard copy through NIDA’s DrugPubs service (see information below).
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New NIDA resource helps families navigate addiction treatment options
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 11:00pmA new resource, Seeking Drug Abuse Treatment: Know What to Ask, will help individuals and families struggling with addiction ask the right questions before choosing a drug treatment program. It was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, and is available to the public free online or in hard copy through NIDA’s DrugPubs service (see information below).
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Cigarette and Alcohol Use at Historic Low Among Teens
Wed, 12/14/2011 - 9:00amCategories: NIDA
Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 11:00pmCigarette and alcohol use by eighth, 10th and 12th-graders are at their lowest point since the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey began polling teenagers in 1975, according to this year's survey results. However, this positive news is tempered by a slowing rate of decline in teen smoking as well as continued high rates of abuse of other tobacco products (e.g., hookahs, small cigars, smokeless tobacco), marijuana and prescription drugs.
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Cigarette and alcohol use at historic low among teens
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 11:00pmCigarette and alcohol use by eighth, 10th and 12th-graders are at their lowest point since the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey began polling teenagers in 1975, according to this year's survey results. However, this positive news is tempered by a slowing rate of decline in teen smoking as well as continued high rates of abuse of other tobacco products (e.g., hookahs, small cigars, smokeless tobacco), marijuana and prescription drugs.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey
Fri, 12/09/2011 - 8:00amCategories: NIDA
National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:00pmThe National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 14, to announce the results of its 2011 Monitoring the Future survey. The survey, funded by NIDA—part of the National Institutes of Health—tracks annual drug abuse trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students, including attitudes and perceived risk of specific illicit drugs. It is one of three major polling instruments the Department of Health and Human Services uses to monitor the nation's substance abuse patterns.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2011 Monitoring the Future Survey
Thu, 12/08/2011 - 11:00pmThe National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, December 14, to announce the results of its 2011 Monitoring the Future survey. The survey, funded by NIDA—part of the National Institutes of Health—tracks annual drug abuse trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students, including attitudes and perceived risk of specific illicit drugs. It is one of three major polling instruments the Department of Health and Human Services uses to monitor the nation's substance abuse patterns.
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Painkiller Abuse Treated by Sustained Buprenorphine/Naloxone
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 10:30amCategories: NIDA
Painkiller Abuse Treated by Sustained Buprenorphine/Naloxone
Mon, 11/07/2011 - 11:00pmPeople addicted to prescription painkillers reduce their opioid abuse when given sustained treatment with the medication buprenorphine plus naloxone (Suboxone), according to research published in yesterday's Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, which was the first randomized large scale clinical trial using a medication for the treatment of prescription opioid abuse, also showed that the addition of intensive opioid dependence counseling provided no added benefit.
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Painkiller Abuse Treated by Sustained Buprenorphine/Naloxone
Mon, 11/07/2011 - 11:00pmPeople addicted to prescription painkillers reduce their opioid abuse when given sustained treatment with the medication buprenorphine plus naloxone (Suboxone), according to research published in yesterday's Archives of General Psychiatry and conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study, which was the first randomized large scale clinical trial using a medication for the treatment of prescription opioid abuse, also showed that the addition of intensive opioid dependence counseling provided no added benefit.
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Teen Musicians in Drug Treatment Win 2012 GRAMMY® Experience
Mon, 11/07/2011 - 12:00pmCategories: NIDA
Teen musicians in drug treatment win 2012 GRAMMY® experience
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 11:00pmTwo teens with powerful stories about their experience in drug treatment have been awarded the top distinction in the MusiCares® and GRAMMY Foundation's® Teen Substance Abuse Awareness through Music Contest. The annual contest was created to celebrate National Drug Facts Week and is coordinated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Teen musicians in drug treatment win 2012 GRAMMY® experience
Sun, 11/06/2011 - 11:00pmTwo teens with powerful stories about their experience in drug treatment have been awarded the top distinction in the MusiCares® and GRAMMY Foundation's® Teen Substance Abuse Awareness through Music Contest. The annual contest was created to celebrate National Drug Facts Week and is coordinated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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NIH Study Examines Nicotine as a Gateway Drug
Wed, 11/02/2011 - 12:00pmCategories: NIDA
NIH study examines nicotine as a gateway drug
Tue, 11/01/2011 - 10:00pmA landmark study in mice identifies a biological mechanism that could help explain how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, increasing a person’s future likelihood of abusing cocaine and perhaps other drugs as well, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study is the first to show that nicotine might prime the brain to enhance the behavioral effects of cocaine.
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NIH study examines nicotine as a gateway drug
Tue, 11/01/2011 - 10:00pmA landmark study in mice identifies a biological mechanism that could help explain how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, increasing a person’s future likelihood of abusing cocaine and perhaps other drugs as well, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study is the first to show that nicotine might prime the brain to enhance the behavioral effects of cocaine.
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