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2010 NIDA Strategic Plan
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Executive Summary For the past three decades, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has led the way in supporting research to prevent and treat drug abuse and addiction and...
2016-2020 NIDA Strategic Plan
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The Strategic Plan outlines our strategy for fulfilling our mission through the end of this decade. The strategic priorities outlined in this plan are intended to leverage the vast array...
A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction
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More than 20 years of research has shown that addiction is clearly treatable. Addiction treatment has been effective in reducing drug use and HIV infection, diminishing the health and social...
A Community Reinforcement Approach: Treating Cocaine Addiction
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More than 20 years of research has shown that addiction is clearly treatable. Addiction treatment has been effective in reducing drug use and HIV infection, diminishing the health and social...
An Individual Drug Counseling Approach to Treat Cocaine Addiction: The Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study Model
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More than 20 years of research has shown that addiction is clearly treatable. Addiction treatment has been effective in reducing drug use and HIV infection, diminishing the health and social...
Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling
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The consequences of drug and alcohol abuse in the United States are enormously costly. Although the costs can be evaluated in dollars, they are more readily understood in human terms...
Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities
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Introduction In 1998, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) published the first edition of Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities: Community Epidemiology Surveillance Networks on Drug Abuse to...
Brain Power
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Brain Power! is designed to take students through a step-by-step exploration of the processes of science and how to use these processes to learn about scientists and the different work...
Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Adolescent Drug Abuse
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More than 20 years of research has shown that addiction is clearly treatable. Addiction treatment has been effective in reducing drug use and HIV infection, diminishing the health and social...
Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Stress & Substance Abuse
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Researchers have long recognized the strong correlation between stress and substance abuse, particularly in prompting relapse. Although exposure to stress is a common occurrence for many of us,it is also...
Community Monitoring Systems: Tracking and Improving the Well-Being of America's Children and Adolescents
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Executive Summary Monitoring the well-being of children and adolescents is a critical component of efforts to prevent psychological, behavioral, and health problems and to promote their successful development. Research during...
Counseling for Cocaine Addiction: The Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study Model
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More than 20 years of research has shown that addiction is clearly treatable. Addiction treatment has been effective in reducing drug use and HIV infection, diminishing the health and social...
Diagnosis and Treatment of Drug Abuse in Family Practice - American Family Physician Monograph
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Alan I. Trachtenberg, M.D., M.P.H . Medical Officer, Science & Policy Analysis Branch Office of Science Policy, Education & Legislation National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health Rockville...
Don't Harm Yourself - Arm Yourself With Knowledge About Drugs!
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Dear Parent Since 1991, we have witnessed significant increases in the use of drugs, such as tobacco, inhalants, and marijuana, by young Americans. For example, surveys show that current use...
Drug Abuse and Addiction Research: 25 Years of Discovery to Advance the Health of the Public
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The Sixth Triennial Report to Congress from the Secretary of Health and Human Services
Drug Abuse and Addiction: One of America's Most Challenging Public Health Problems
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NIDA staff have compiled some key facts, graphics and messages. We hope this resource will be useful to you as you continue to educate yourself and others on this critical...
Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities
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The purpose of this report is to provide policymakers, program leaders and staff, health administrators, scientists, and others with information that may help them understand the nature and extent of...
DrugFacts Lessons from Prevention Research
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Describes principles important to consider when developing drug abuse prevention programs and discusses issues relevant for family, school, and community settings.
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This brief fact sheet provides information about the effectiveness of medications for opioid use disorders and recent scientific advances in this area.
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Provides parents with research-based skills to help keep their children drug-free.
Health Disparities Strategic Plan (FY2009-2013)
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In an effort to determine how to improve our strategic plan and make it more responsive to the needs of our various constituent groups (e.g., academic institutions, professional associations), we...
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This brief fact sheet provides information about the risks of prescription opioid pain relievers and a summary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guideline for Opioid Prescribing for...
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Is Cannabis (Marijuana) Safe to Use While Pregnant or Breastfeeding?
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Provides teens with straight facts about marijuana.
Marijuana: Download the Facts Poster
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Posters for teens and young adults. Single-sided English and double-sided English/Spanish versions available. Emphasizes three essential messages about smoking marijuana: it is addictive, it can lead to school failure, and...
Marijuana: Download the Facts Poster (Teaching Guide)
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Targets teens and young adults, emphasizing three essential messages about smoking marijuana: it is addictive, it can lead to school failure, and it impairs driving.
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Provides important facts about marijuana and offers parents tips for talking with their children about the drug and its potential harmful effects.
Measuring and Improving Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
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Measuring and Improving Cost, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: A Manual takes the mystery out of cost accounting. Treatment programs, regardless of their funding sources, are faced...
Media Guide
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Provides journalists with the latest findings on the science of drug abuse and addiction and commonly abused drugs, and lists resources for more information.
Mentoring: A Guide for Drug Abuse Researchers
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Discusses the importance of quality mentorship in drug use research and offers suggestions for creating a successful mentor and mentee relationship.
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This brief fact sheet provides information about the life-saving drug naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, including how it works and where to get it.
NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Anabolic Steroids
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Letter from the Director Dear Colleague; Since the 1950s, some athletes have taken anabolic steroids to build muscles and boost their athletic performance. Increasingly, other segments of the population also...
NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Club Drugs
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Dear Colleague; In recent years, a number of our Nation's best monitoring mechanisms have detected alarming increases in the popularity of some dangerous substances known collectively as "club drugs." These...
NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Hepatitis C
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Letter from the Director Dear Colleague; Hepatitis C is the most common chronic blood-borne infection in the United States. Approximately 4 million Americans have been infected with the hepatitis C...
NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Inhalants
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NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Methamphetamine
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Dear Colleague; A highly toxic and addictive drug called methamphetamine is now being used in many areas of the country. A number of indicators, including those from the National Institute...
NIDA Community Drug Alert Bulletin - Prescription Drugs
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Presented in question-and-answer format and targeted to teens, provides facts about opioids and their potential harmful effects.
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Presented in question-and-answer format and targeted to parents, provides facts about opioids and their potential harmful effects.
Patient-Physician Conversation Poster
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Download the 11x14 poster to print out and post in your office (PDF, 2.55 MB).
Pregnant? Concerned About Opioid Use? Poster
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Provides information and resources to seek treatment.
Prescription Drug Poster
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Raises awareness of the health consequences of improper use of prescription drugs and contrasts it with the benefits of safe and proper prescription drug use.
Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents
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Published in 2003, this report offered health professionals and other stakeholders information on principles of effective drug addiction treatment, answers to frequently asked questions, an overview of the drug addiction...
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide
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Published in 2014, this report offered health professionals and other stakeholders information on principles of effective drug addiction treatment for people who are incarcerated or otherwise involved in legal systems...
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Adolescents: Summary
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Adolescence is a key window of vulnerability for using drugs and developing substance use disorders. The still-developing teenage brain is prone to act on impulse, take risks, and follow the...
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations - A Research-Based Guide
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Published in 2014, this report offered health professionals and other stakeholders information on principles of effective drug addiction treatment for people who are incarcerated or otherwise involved in legal systems...
Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (Third Edition)
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Presents research-based principles of addiction treatment for a variety of drugs, including nicotine, alcohol, and illicit and prescription drugs, that can inform drug treatment programs and services.
Principles of HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations
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During the past 15 years, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has sponsored a comprehensive research program in response to the dynamic nature of the co-occurring epidemics of drug...
Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood: A Research-Based Guide
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This guide, intended for parents, practitioners, and policymakers, begins with a list of 7 principles addressing the specific ways in which early interventions can have positive effects on development; these...
Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention for Early Childhood: A Research-Based Guide (In Brief)
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This guide, intended for parents, practitioners, and policymakers, begins with a list of 7 principles addressing the specific ways in which early interventions can have positive effects on development; these...
Step by Step Guides to Finding Treatment for Drug Use Disorders
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Resources and information to help you or someone you care about who might have a drug use problem.
Stress and Substance Abuse: A Special Report After the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., people across the country and abroad are struggling with the emotional impact of large-scale damage and...
Teaching Addiction Science
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Originally developed to help scientists and teachers in discussions with high school students and others about how drugs of abuse act in the brain. The original slides have been replaced...
The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Education, has developed interactive, science-based supplements for use by high school...
The NIDA Clinical Toolbox: Science-Based Materials for Drug Abuse Treatment Providers
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Dear Colleague: On behalf of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), I am pleased to present you with the NIDA Clinical Toolbox: Science-Based Materials for Drug Abuse Treatment Providers...
The NIDA Community-Based Outreach Model: A Manual To Reduce the Risk of HIV and Other Blood-Borne Infections in Drug Users
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is pleased to provide this manual on a scientifically tested model of community-based outreach to reduce the risk of HIV and other blood-borne...
Therapeutic Communities Research Report
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Describes a type of long-term residential treatment for substance use disorders called therapeutic communities, including how they treat populations with special needs and how they can be incorporated into the...
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This brief fact sheet provides information about why it is important to treat opioid addiction in criminal justice settings and how treatment is being provided.
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This brief fact sheet discusses the risks of untreated opioid use disorder during pregnancy, particularly neonatal abstinence syndrome, and provides evidence-based treatment options that have been shown to be safe...
Weekly Reader - Parent Supplement
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Please note that this document has been modified from its original version
Women and Drug Abuse
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Today, more than 4 million women in this country use drugs. Women of all ages, races and cultures..... Women just like your best friend, your sister, your co-worker, or your...