In Animals, Receptor Puts Brakes on Nicotine Consumption
Findings appear to pinpoint a source of individual differences in smoking rates. 3/2/12By Lori Whitten, NIDA Notes Staff WriterSome people smoke a few cigarettes now and then, while others smoke 30,...
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Peers Increase Teen Driving Risk via Heightened Reward Activity
3/2/12New 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 Chein at...
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Elevated Rates of Drug Abuse Continue for Second Year
6/1/12Illicit 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...
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Prevention System Has Lasting Effects, Benefit Exceeds Costs
7/9/12Each $1 that towns invested in Communities That Care (CTC) during a 5-year randomized trial of the prevention system set the stage for a return of $5.30, according to Drs. Margaret Kuklinski, J....
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Adolescent Smoking and Drinking at Historic Lows
But use of marijuana is on the rise.7/20/12Rates of adolescent cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking stood at historic lows in 2011, but marijuana use trended upward, according to the 2011 Monitoring...
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Q&A: Dr. David Thomas
Dr. David Thomas, a Program Officer in NIDA’s Behavioral and Cognitive Science Research Branch, speaks about the intertwined problems of pain and prescription opioid abuse.11/9/12NIDA Notes: How...
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Brief Intervention Helps Adolescents Curb Substance Use
Two hour-long sessions a week apart reduce symptoms of substance abuse or dependence.1/2/13Lori Whitten, NIDA Notes Contributing WriterDrug- and alcohol-involved middle and high school students...
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SAAF‒T Reduces African American Teens’ Substance Use, Conduct Problems
2/5/13NIDA-supported researchers have developed a family-centered prevention program for adolescents and successfully tested it in a rural African American population. Youths who participated in the...
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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Adolescent Cigarette, Alcohol Use Declines as Marijuana Use Rises
2/28/13The latest iteration of NIDA’s annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey brought welcome news of declines in use of cigarettes, most illicit drugs, and alcohol among 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade...
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Problem Behaviors Can Signal Risk in Prescribing Opioids to Teens
7/18/13In the years 2007 to 2009, more than 1 in 5 high school seniors nationwide had used an opioid painkiller (e.g., Vicodin, OxyContin, Percodan, Percocet, Demerol, Dilaudid, morphine, or codeine)...
View ArticleFew Teens With Prescription Opioid Use Disorders Receive Treatment
7/23/12Researchers who previously found that about 1 percent of adolescents report symptoms of abuse or dependence on prescription opioid analgesics (“Some Teens Reporting Nonmedical Use of...
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Early-Onset, Regular Cannabis Use Is Linked to IQ Decline
8/13/13Kathryn Calkins, M.A., NIDA Notes Staff Writer In this video, Dr. Madeline Meier discusses her study of marijuana and IQ.Regular cannabis use that starts in adolescence strips away IQ, a...
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Women Benefit From Policies To Prevent Teens From Buying Tobacco
11/6/13State laws to keep tobacco products out of the hands of minors have prevented many people, particularly women, from becoming smokers well into adulthood, NIDA-supported researchers have found....
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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 ArticleIn Nationwide Survey, More Students Use Marijuana, Fewer Use Other Drugs
Almost one-third (32 percent) of the roughly 42,000 Monitoring the Future survey respondents reported having used marijuana during their lifetime. However, abuse of many other drugs—methamphetamine,...
View ArticleAmong High School Seniors, Driving After Marijuana Use Surpasses Drunk Driving
Within the 2 weeks prior to responding to a nationwide survey, 28 percent of high school seniors were in a vehicle whose driver had been using marijuana or another illicit drug, or had drunk 5 or more...
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National Drug Facts Week 2015 to begin January 26
NIH observance links teens with scientific experts9/9/14National Drug Facts Week, which brings together teens and scientific experts to shatter persistent myths about drug use and addiction, will be...
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Evidence grows that heavy marijuana use may harm the brain
Science Spotlight11/19/14New NIDA-funded research shows that heavy marijuana use (at least four times per week over the past six months) is linked to adverse changes in the function and structure of...
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Prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications put teens at risk
Science Spotlight12/29/14Teens prescribed anxiety or sleep medications are more likely to abuse them later (compared to those who had never had a prescription). Teens reported they used these...
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