Who is most likely to become addicted to nicotine?
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NIDA scientists discover that connectivity between insular regions of the brain before using nicotine can predict severity of addiction.
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Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Tobacco Smoke Exposure Persist Among U.S. Children
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The number of children (ages 3 to 11 years) in the United States who are exposed to tobacco smoke decreased steadily from 1999 to 2014. However, childhood tobacco smoke exposure...
Marijuana and America’s Health: Questions and Issues for Policy Makers
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Watch the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing Chairman Cornyn, Co-Chairwoman Feinstein and members of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control, we appreciate the opportunity to share the content...
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Until recently, nicotine’s link to diabetes has been thought to involve inflammation and oxidative stress caused by chemicals in cigarette smoke, but a group of researchers have discovered an unexpected...
Nicotine addiction linked to diabetes through a DNA-regulating gene in animal models
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Researchers have discovered a mechanism in rats that links cigarette smoking and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Machine Learning Applied to Brain Imaging Data Predicts Response to Cocaine Use Disorder Treatment
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This study demonstrated that functional connectivity among a large number of brain regions predicts patients’ chances of achieving abstinence in treatment for cocaine use disorder.
NIDA-NIAAA 2019 Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research
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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), both part of the National Institutes of Health, will host a one-day mini-convention...
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NIDA’s Office of Translational Initiatives and Program Innovations (OTIPI) has used funding mechanisms to help startups develop incredibly innovative technologies
NIDA Announces New NIH HEAL Initiative Awards to Address the Opioid Crisis
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In Fiscal Year 2019, approximately 375 NIH HEAL Initiative grants, contracts, supplements, and cooperative agreements in 41 states, totaling $945 million, have been awarded to researchers and research teams across...
Measuring sleep challenges in opioid use disorder patients
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A new study at NIDA’s Intramural Research Center measured sleep patterns in opioid use disorder patients and found that clinic appointment hours make a difference in sleep quality. They also...
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September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. In observance, our two institutes, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), are taking this opportunity...
Teen e-cigarette use doubles since 2017
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Data from the 2019 Monitoring the Future Survey of eighth, 10th and 12th graders show alarmingly high rates of e-cigarette use compared to just a year ago, with rates doubling...
Marijuana use at historic highs among college-age adults
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Newly released Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey data on drug use in college-age adults ages 19-22 shows an increase in marijuana use in the past five years, including vaping with...
CDC and FDA Issue Updates on Vaping-Related Health Issues
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The CDC and FDA have posted important information for consumers related to recent deaths and illnesses that could be linked to vaping.
NASEM releases National Agenda on Children’s Behavioral Health
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has released a national scientific agenda on Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth, recommending a comprehensive approach...
Unraveling the mystery of the glutamate-dopamine connection
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Investigators identify a subpopulation of calbindin neurons with the capability to co-release glutamate and dopamine in the nucleus accumbens shell.
U.S. Surgeon General Warning on Marijuana Use in Adolescence and During Pregnancy
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The U.S. Surgeon General has issued a warning about the potential health risks of marijuana use in adolescence and during pregnancy.
Worms lead scientists to a new anti-opioid system
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A team of NIH-funded scientists used worms to discover a surprising biological system that counteracts the effects of opioids, offering a potential new target for improving the safety of opioid...
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Common sense and a growing body of research suggest that patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who receive acute care in an emergency department will be at reduced risk for...
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This study showed that rats will forgo heroin and methamphetamine in favor of spending time with another rat. It also highlights the importance of incorporating voluntary choice between drugs and...
New findings could lead to reduced replication of the HIV virus
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In this study, NIDA-funded scientists found that the HIV RNA genome has two previously unknown types of RNA marks.
Teens who misuse medicines get them from multiple sources
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Two NIDA-funded studies have found that adolescents using multiple sources for prescription medications are at high risk for other substance use.
Co-prescribing naloxone in Medicare Part D increases
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A study found that overall national rates for naloxone co-prescription along with any opioid among Medicare Part D patients increased from 1.5 per 1000 patients receiving opioid prescriptions in 2016...
THC Exposure in Adolescence Disrupts Brain Maturation in Animals
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A NIDA-supported study may help explain observed links between adolescent marijuana use and vulnerability to psychiatric disorders.
First time drug use more common in summertime
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Government surveys showed that in 2017, an estimated three million people tried marijuana for the first time, just over a million tried cocaine, close to 800,000 tried LSD, and close...
Parenting programs lead to healthier behaviors
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A study conducted among 517 youth in the rural areas of the southeastern United States demonstrates the effectiveness of a parenting enhancement program in both preventing drug use and obesity...
NIH establishes network to improve opioid addiction treatment in criminal justice settings
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The National Institutes of Health will award 12 grants to form the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD)...
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Effectively delivering OUD treatment in the justice system will give individuals with OUD a chance of recovery, and will make a huge difference in reducing the toll of the opioid...
Similarities between aggressive and addictive behaviors
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Scientists from NIDA’s Intramural Research Program show that neural mechanisms that control appetitive aggressive behavior are similar to those that control drug-taking and seeking (relapse), suggesting common neurobiological mechanisms of...
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Diversity and inclusion are paramount in all sectors of society, especially in the sciences. Yet it is a well-known (and frequently lamented) fact that males continue to dominate the speaker...