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Brain in Progress: Why Teens Can’t Always Resist Temptation
1/27/15It’s National Drug Facts Week, when middle and high schools all over the country host events to raise awareness about drugs and addiction, with the help of scientists from the National Institute...
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Study looks at effects of socioeconomic factors on child brain development...
Science Spotlight3/30/15New research suggests that family income, and to a lesser degree parental education, are associated with brain structure differences in children and young adults. Focusing on...
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Research shows that teens and adults are uncertain about legalities of...
Science Spotlight3/31/15A NIDA-funded study showed that while parents in the state of Washington are discussing with their children the legalization of recreational marijuana use among adults, they are...
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Pain reliever investigation wins top NIH Addiction Science Award
Effect of e-cigs and “nomophobia” also honored at International Science and Engineering Fair5/15/15A project identifying novel compounds that could be used for pain relief was awarded a first place...
View ArticleElectronic Questionnaire Quickly Rates Teens’ Substance Use
With a few simple questions, a new screening tool detects whether a teen is likely to have a mild-to-moderate or a severe substance use disorder.
View ArticleA Rapid Teen Substance Use Screening Tool for Clinicians
Answers to three simple questions can help a busy health care provider flag a teen’s problematic use of alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana.
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Teens using e-cigarettes may be more likely to start smoking tobacco
New NIH-funded study shows possible link between e-cigarettes and initiation of tobacco use8/18/15Students who have used electronic cigarettes by the time they start ninth grade are more likely than...
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Grant Awards Mark the Launch of Landmark Adolescent Brain Cognitive...
9/25/15Reposting 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 (Director,...
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NIH launches landmark study on substance use and adolescent brain development
Thirteen grants awarded to look at cognitive and social development in ~10,000 children9/25/15The National Institutes of Health today awarded 13 grants to research institutions around the country as...
View ArticleLife Skills Training Shields Teens From Prescription Opioid Misuse
Communities that implemented Life Skills Training in a trial more than recouped its cost in reduced health, social, and other expenditures related to teen prescription opioid misuse.
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Adolescent Brain
Brief DescriptionResearch has shown that brain development continues into the twenties—a time that encompasses many important developmental and social changes in a young person’s life. Yet there remain...
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Registration open for Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day; SHATTER THE MYTHS pledge card...
Announcement12/18/15Schools can now register for Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day, the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) annual Web chat that connects NIH and FDA scientists with teens around the...
View ArticleEarly-Onset, Regular Cannabis Use Is Linked to IQ Decline
Regular cannabis use that starts in adolescence strips away IQ, a NIDA-supported study suggests. Participants who initiated weekly cannabis use before age 18 dropped IQ points in proportion to how long...
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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Grant Awards Mark the Launch of Landmark Adolescent Brain Cognitive...
9/25/15Reposting 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 (Director,...
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NIH launches landmark study on substance use and adolescent brain development
Thirteen grants awarded to look at cognitive and social development in ~10,000 children9/25/15The National Institutes of Health today awarded 13 grants to research institutions around the country as...
View ArticleLife Skills Training Shields Teens From Prescription Opioid Misuse
Communities that implemented Life Skills Training in a trial more than recouped its cost in reduced health, social, and other expenditures related to teen prescription opioid misuse.
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Adolescent Brain
Brief DescriptionResearch has shown that brain development continues into the twenties—a time that encompasses many important developmental and social changes in a young person’s life. Yet there remain...
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Registration open for Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day; SHATTER THE MYTHS pledge card...
Announcement12/18/15Schools can now register for Drugs & Alcohol Chat Day, the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) annual Web chat that connects NIH and FDA scientists with teens around the...
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