NIDA NOTES
Volume 13, Number 6
Printed March, 1999

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RESEARCH

• New NIDA Initiative Focuses on Vulnerability to Drug Addiction

• Study Shows How Genes Can Help Protect From Addiction

• Treating Mood Disorders in Drug Abuse Patients Yields Improvement in Both Conditions

• Coping Skills Help Patients Recognize and Resist the Urge to Use Cocaine

• Compound Enhances Memory in Mice With Alzheimer-like Symptoms

• Institute Will Expand Research Into the Interaction of Genetics and Environment in Vulnerability to Drug Abuse and Addiction

NEWS

• NIDA Goes to School: Institute Launches Science Education Campaign for Middle Schoolers

• Des Moines Town Meeting Addresses Methamphetamine Abuse Epidemic in Iowa

• Compounds May Treat Cocaine-induced Heart Disease

• Summer Research Programs for Students

• Monograph Analyzes Economics of Prevention Programs

• Methamphetamine Abuse Alert