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Percentage of overdose deaths involving methadone declined between January 2019 and August 2021
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National data indicate COVID-era treatment expansion was not associated with harms
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Raising the possibility of a plan for better detection and support of those in early stages of substance use disorder
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NIH scientists identify new brain mechanism involved in impulsive cocaine-seeking in rats
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Muscarinic acetylcholine M2 receptors regulate lateral habenula neuron activity and control cocaine seeking behavior
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Primary prevention is relatively inexpensive compared to the costs of addiction
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Tobacco smoking rates are decreasing in people with major depression and substance use disorder
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Despite decline, smoking cessation efforts still critical for people with substance use or other psychiatric disorders
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Screening for substance use disorder in teens may predict adult prescription drug use and misuse and prevent overdose
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Law enforcement seizures of pills containing fentanyl increased dramatically between 2018-2021
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NIH-supported research highlights growing, dangerous trend, particularly for people new to drug use
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A Plan to Address Racism in Addiction Science
Read a blog post from Dr. Volkow and share your input by May 31.
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Strengthening Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs: Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Issues
Chairwoman Murray, Ranking Member Burr, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...
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NIH analysis of Reddit forum suggests experience of non-suicidal self-harm shares characteristics with addiction
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Better characterizing clinical features of self-injury is critical to provide support and effective treatments
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Take-home antibiotic therapies may improve health outcomes, lower costs, for patients with drug use-associated infective endocarditis
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Often fatal, endocarditis remains a dangerous but largely unknown health threat for people who inject drugs
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Suicides by drug overdose increased among young people, elderly people, and Black women, despite overall downward trend
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Study emphasizes the importance of screening for suicidality and providing treatment to people with mental illnesses and substance use disorders
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Social connectedness, sleep, and physical activity associated with better mental health among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
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NIH-supported study also found girls were at higher risk for stress, anxiety, and depression than boys
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Offering buprenorphine medication to people with opioid use disorder in jail may reduce rearrest and reconviction
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Data from the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) support providing this treatment in justice settings
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Making Addiction Treatment More Realistic and Pragmatic: The Perfect Should Not be the Enemy of the Good
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Last year saw drug overdose deaths in the U.S. surpass an unthinkable milestone: 100,000 deaths in a year
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A Year-End Message from Dr. Nora Volkow
NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow offers a year-end message of hope during the holiday season
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Hallucination-Like Perceptions Are Associated with Elevated Dopamine in the Striatum in Mice
This study reported that hallucination-like perceptions in mice were associated with elevated dopamine levels in the striatum. Blocking dopamine with haloperidol reversed these hallucination-like perceptions in mice.
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Percentage of adolescents reporting drug use decreased significantly in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic endured
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Results from the 2021 Monitoring the Future Survey report substance use behaviors and related attitudes
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Black People Who Smoke Cigarettes Are Exposed to Higher Levels of Toxic Compounds Than Whites
A recent NIDA-funded study provides a potential explanation for the increased vulnerability to smoking-related health effects among Black people.
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The Overdose Crisis: Interagency Proposal to Combat Illicit Fentanyl-Related Substances
Dr. Nora Volkow testifies about the importance of advancing research on fentanyl-related substances
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This World AIDS Day, Finding Inspiration at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Use
NIDA presents a new web video series on research, compassion, and HIV services for people who use drugs
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People Living With HIV in New York State Faced Increased Burdens From COVID 19 in 2020
This study found that in New York State, people living with HIV were more likely to be diagnosed with, hospitalized for, and die in hospital from COVID-19 than were people...
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Paul was a coach, advocate, and one of the leading voices for the HEALing Communities Study
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Cooperation Between Physicians and Pharmacists May Improve Treatment for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
This study found that collaborations between physicians with buprenorphine waivers and community pharmacists in the treatment of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are feasible and acceptable to both providers...
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Dr. Volkow writes about her personal experience with stigma and the need for intervention to change attitudes
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Asymmetry in the Nucleus Accumbens May Be Linked with Substance Dependence
A NIDA-funded study found that people with some types of substance dependence exhibited less rightward asymmetry of the nucleus accumbens than did people without dependence. Additionally it found that reduced...
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Media Briefing: NIH Leaders to speak at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting about NIH COVID-19 research and the neurological implications of COVID-19
Leaders from across the NIH will brief reporters about on research efforts related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2
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Treating Hepatis C Virus and Opioid Use Disorder Together Benefits Patients
This study found that people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who inject drugs, offering buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder at the same location as HCV treatment resulted in high...
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Opioid Use May Increase Susceptibility to Infection
Opioid drugs affect not only the brain and, consequently, behavior, but also numerous other body systems whose cells carry opioid receptors, including the peripheral immune system.
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