Elevated Rates of Drug Abuse Continue for Second Year
Illicit drug use in the United States in 2010 was at its highest level since 2002, according to the most recent report from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. A rise in marijuana use drove the...
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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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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...
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College-Age & Young Adults
September 2015Daily marijuana use among college-aged young adults is at its highest since 1980, surpassing daily cigarette smoking for the first time in 2014. This section features the most recent...
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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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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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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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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Las Catinonas sintéticas (“sales de baño”)
¿Que son las catinonas sintéticas?Catinonas sintéticas, comúnmente conocidas como "sales de baño" ("bath salts"), son drogas sintéticas (artificiales) químicamente relacionadas con la catinona, un...
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Anabolic Steroids
What are anabolic steroids?Anabolic steroids are synthetic variations of the male sex hormone testosterone. The proper term for these compounds is anabolic-androgenic steroids. "Anabolic" refers to...
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Kratom
What is kratom?Kratom is a tropical tree (Mitragyna speciosa) native to Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain psychoactive (mind-altering) opioid compounds. The tree’s bitter leaves are consumed for...
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Substance use disorders extremely common among previously incarcerated youth
Science SpotlightMarch 18, 2016©iStock/AlexRathsNew research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse revealed that of previously incarcerated youths, more than 90% of males and nearly 80% of...
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Los cannabinoides sintéticos
¿Que son los cannabinoides sintéticos?Los cannabinoides sintéticos se refieren a un número creciente de compuestos químicos artificiales que alteran la mente, que se rosean sobre material vegetal seco...
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El kratom
¿Qué es el kratom?El kratom es un árbol tropical (Mitragyna speciosa) nativo del Sudeste Asiático, con hojas que contienen compuestos opioides psicoactivos (que alteran la mente). Las hojas amargas del...
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Understanding Drug Use and Addiction
Many people don't understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. They may mistakenly think that those who use drugs lack moral principles or willpower and that they could stop their drug...
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Participant Recruitment Now Underway for Landmark Study on Adolescents
September 13, 2016Adolescence is a time of many physical, behavioral, and social transitions, not to mention changes in the brain. As part of their normal maturation, people in their second decade of...
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Monitoring the Future Survey: High School and Youth Trends
This year’s Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of drug use and attitudes among American 8th, 10th, and 12th graders is encouraging, with past-year use of illicit drugs other than marijuana continuing...
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Heroin
Photo by DEA/What is heroin?Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance taken from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black...
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