Collection of NIDA Notes Articles that Address Drugs and AIDS

摘要

This year, NIDA celebrates 30 years of scientific inquiry marked by tremendous strides in advancing the frontiers of drug abuse research and reducing the suffering, community disruption, and public health costs of drug addiction. In 1974, NIDA was a small institute striving to develop an effective Federal response to a critical public health crisis burgeoning drug abuse in the United States. Today, the Institute is the world's foremost source of scientific knowledge on the prevention and treatment of the chronic, relapsing brain disorder of drug addiction. The Institute's massive effort rapidly established AIDS outreach projects around the country, educated out-of-treatment drug users and their sex partners on ways to prevent HIV transmission, and proved that these approaches could reduce the risky drug use and sexual behaviors that were fueling the spread of HIV/AIDS.