Collection of NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Notes Articles that Address Drug Abuse Treatment (Revised August 2006)

摘要

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) supports most of the world's research on drug abuse and addiction. NIDA-funded research enables scientists to apply the most advanced techniques available to the study of every aspect of drug abuse. Some of these advanced techniques include genetic and social determinants of vulnerability and response to drugs; short- and long-term effects of drugs on the brain, including addiction; other health and social impacts of drug abuse, including infectious diseases and economic costs; development and testing of medications and behavioral treatments for abuse and addiction; and development and evaluation of effective messages to deter young people, in particular, from abusing drugs. Included in this document are selections of topic-specific articles reprinted from NIDAs research newsletter, NIDA NOTES. Six times per year, NIDA NOTES reports on important highlights from NIDA-sponsored research, in a format that specialists and lay readers alike can read and put to use. Selections like the current one are intended to remind regular NIDA NOTES readers and inform other readers of important research discoveries during the periods they cover.