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Fewer Young Adults Abuse Cocaine and Methamphetamine, National Survey Finds
December 01, 2008The percentage of young adults who said they were abusing cocaine or methamphetamine dropped substantially from 2006 to 2007, according to the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and...
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Alcohol Abuse Makes Prescription Drug Abuse More Likely
Those under age 25 are particularly vulnerable to dual abuse.March 01, 2008Elizabeth Ashton, NIDA Notes Staff WriterMen and women with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are 18 times more likely to report...
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Among Young Attendees at STD Clinics, Substance Abusers Report More Risky...
October 01, 2007 Patients aged 15 to 24 of a public sexually transmitted disease clinic who had a substance abuse disorder (SUD) were two to three times as likely as those without an SUD to report...
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Studies Focus on Acculturation and Hispanic Youth
February 01, 2007 U.S.-Born Hispanic Women Have More Drug Problems Than ImmigrantsAmong 19- to 21-year-old Hispanic women in South Florida, those born in the United States face a higher risk of drug...
View ArticleEthnicity Influences Early Smoking and Progression to Drug Abuse
October 01, 2006African-Americans are less likely than European-Americans and Latinos to begin smoking in early adolescence or report dependence on illicit drugs during young adulthood. In a 10-year...
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Girls More Likely Than Boys to Use Ecstasy
November 01, 2011From 2002 through 2008, among adolescents aged 12 to 17, girls' rates of lifetime ecstasy use were higher than boys'. This pattern contrasts with that for marijuana, which boys used in...
View ArticleIn Animals, Receptor Puts Brakes on Nicotine Consumption
Findings appear to pinpoint a source of individual differences in smoking rates. March 02, 2012By Lori Whitten, NIDA Notes Staff WriterSome people smoke a few cigarettes now and then, while others...
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Peers Increase Teen Driving Risk via Heightened Reward Activity
March 02, 2012New research on the adolescent brain provides support for laws, existing in some locales, that prohibit teen drivers from having peers as passengers. Drs. Laurence Steinberg and Jason...
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Elevated Rates of Drug Abuse Continue for Second Year
June 01, 2012Illicit drug use continued at elevated rates in 2010, after rising in 2009 to its highest level since 2002, according to the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Nearly 9...
View ArticleNota de la Directora
El abuso y uso no médico de medicamentos de prescripción es un problema grave de salud pública en los Estados Unidos. Aunque la mayoría de las personas toman los medicamentos de prescripción de manera...
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Young Opioid Abusers Benefit From Extended Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment
Despite shorter addiction histories, youths' risk of relapse following detoxification resembles that of adults.April 01, 2010Lori Whitten, NIDA Notes Staff WriterOpioid-addicted youths benefit from...
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Substance Abuse and Sexual Risk Show Town-Gown Divide
December 01, 2009Two recent studies found differences in behavior between young adults attending college and their peers. Dr. Carlos Blanco of Columbia University in New York and colleagues report that...
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Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents: Screening and Engagement in Primary...
Offers educational tools to assist in the prevention, screening, evaluation, and referral to treatment of adolescents with or at risk for substance use disorders. Includes a video and facilitator's...
View ArticleCommentary: More research needed into marijuana’s effects on brain...
Science SpotlightSeptember 02, 2014A journal commentary by Harvard researcher and NIDA grantee Bertha K. Madras stresses the importance of a large scale longitudinal study to better assess the effects...
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College-Age & Young Adults
April 2015Illicit drug use has been rising steadily among college-aged young adults, mostly driven by increases in marijuana use. In addition, the non medical use of stimulants, including Adderall and...
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NIDA highlights drug use trends among college-age and young adults in new...
AnnouncementMay 18, 2015Use of illicit drugs, including marijuana, has been rising steadily among college-aged young adults. In addition, non-medical use of stimulants, including Adderall and Ritalin,...
View ArticleEffects of marijuana – with and without alcohol – on driving performance
Science SpotlightJune 23, 2015Using the most sophisticated driving simulator of its kind to mirror real-life situations, new research shows that marijuana use impairs one measure of driving...
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Nationwide Trends
About the SurveyThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) conducts the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), a major source of information on substance...
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Grant Awards Mark the Launch of Landmark Adolescent Brain Cognitive...
September 25, 2015Reposting a blog from the Collaborative Reseach on Addiction (CRAN) site by Nora Volkow (Director, NIDA), George Koob (Director, NIAAA), Alan Guttmacher (Director, NICHD), Bob Croyle...
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Hallucinogens
What are hallucinogens?Hallucinogens are a diverse group of drugs that alter perception (awareness of surrounding objects and conditions), thoughts, and feelings. They cause hallucinations, or...
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