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Leading the Search for Scientific Solutions
To address all aspects of drug abuse and its harmful consequences, NIDA's research
program ranges from basic studies of the addicted brain and behavior to health services
research. NIDA's research program develops prevention and treatment approaches
and ensures they work in real-world settings. In this context, NIDA is strongly committed to
developing a research portfolio that addresses the special vulnerabilities and health disparities
that exist among ethnic minorities or that derive from gender differences.
Bringing Science to Real-World Settings
Sharing Free Information With the Public
NIDA further increases the impact of its research on the problems of addiction by sharing free information about its findings with professional
audiences and the general public. Special initiatives target students and teachers, designated populations, and ethnic groups.
NIDA's Special Initiatives
for Students, Teachers,
and Parents
NIDA Goes Back to
School - Targets grade
school, middle school,
and high school students and teachers.
Heads Up: Real
News About Drugs
and Your Body -
A drug education series created
by NIDA and SCHOLASTIC INC. for
students in grades 6 to 12.
NIDA for Teens: The
Science Behind Drug
Abuse - An interactive
Web site geared specifically for adolescents
that contains age-appropriate facts
on drugs, real stories about teens and
drug abuse, games, take-home activities,
and a Q&A forum with Dr. NIDA.
Publications on Prevention
and Treatment Principles
Preventing Drug Use among Children
and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders -
NIDA's research-based guide for preventing drug
abuse among children and adolescents provides
16 principles derived from effective drug abuse
prevention research, and includes answers to
questions on risk and protective factors, as well as
community planning and implementation, to help
prevention practitioners use research results to
address drug abuse among children and adolescents
in communities across the country.
Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment:
A Research-Based Guide -
This guide summarizes the 13 principles of effective
treatment, answers common questions, and
describes types of treatment, providing examples of
scientifically based and tested treatment components.
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for
Criminal Justice Populations: A Research-Based Guide - NIDA's research-based guide for
treating drug abusers involved with the criminal
justice system provides 13 essential treatment
principles, and includes answers to frequently
asked questions and resource information.
For more information:
NIDA's publications are available free of
charge and are downloadable from the
NIDA Web site.
The NIDA site also contains additional
research-based information about drugs,
drug abuse, and addiction. You can also
order NIDA's materials by calling the
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information at 800-729-6686.
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