Videos

June 17, 2020  |  NIDA's Science Behind Addiction: Yale emergency care and addiction medicine physician, researcher, and advocate Dr. Gail D’Onofrio and NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow discuss COVID-19, substance use disorder and emergency

June 10, 2020  |  This video for middle school students describes prescription stimulants, why they are prescribed, and how they can affect the brain and the body when misused. Check out the Mind Matters

February 25, 2020  |  Treating patients with opioids for chronic pain has its built-in challenges including the risk of development of opioid use disorder and overdose. The importance of a dynamic, patient centered approach

February 25, 2020  |  Given the doubling of opioid related overdose deaths in the US over the past decade the importance of a dynamic, patient centered approach to opioid overdose risk for patients in

December 12, 2019  |  The Strong African American Families Program (SAAF), developed by Dr. Gene Brody and his team at the University of Georgia, is a prevention program targeted at 10- to 14-year-old rural

October 28, 2019  |  Dr. Travis Rieder of Johns Hopkins University discusses the importance of considering a patient's environment when treating them for opioid use disorder (OUD).

September 18, 2019  |  NIDA Director, Dr. Nora Volkow joins fellow experts, Drs. Heather Kimmel and Emily Einstein on NIDA’s Facebook Live to discuss the crucial link between science and understanding with it comes

September 10, 2019  |  This video for middle school students explains how the brain develops and how drugs affect the brain. Check out the Mind Matters Series with other drugs and the body related

September 10, 2019  |  This video for middle school students describes the steps needed to help someone recover from drug abuse and addiction

September 10, 2019  |  This video for middle school students describes the short and long term effects of Marijuana on the brain and body.