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News Releases for 2003

• Teen Drug Abuse Declines Across Wide Front - 12/19/03
• U.S. Drug Czar and NIDA to Announce 2003 Monitoring the Future Survey on Teen Drug Use - 12/18/03
• NIDA NewsScan #27 - December 12 Issue - 12/15/03
• New Research in Animals Reveals Possible Long-Term Effects of Stimulants on Brain and Behavior - 12/8/03
• Treatment Providers Need To Be Aware That a Myriad of Health Problems Often Accompany Substance Abuse - 11/10/03
• NIDA NewsScan #26 - October 31 Issue - 11/3/03
• NIDA Goes BACK to School - 10/22/03
  
• Save-the-Date: NIDA Goes BACK to School Briefing, Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 10/9/03
  
• NIDA Funds Research To Enhance Knowledge, Training of Drug Abuse Therapists in Community Settings - 10/3/03
  
• NIDA Grants Address Childhood Mental Illness, Role in Drug Abuse - 10/1/03
  
• NIDA Grants Will Fill Research Gaps on Stress and Drug Use - 10/1/03
  
• Small Study Suggests Anticonvulsant Drug Holds Promise As Therapy For Cocaine Abuse - 9/22/03
  
• New Research Spurs 2nd Printing of NIDA Prevention Guide - 9/16/03
  
• NIDA Goes BACK to School - 9/12/03
  
• PET Scans Show Cigarette Smoke Affects Peripheral Organs - 9/08/03
  
• NIDA Hosts Drug Abuse Scientists and Clinicians at Colorado Blending Conference - 9/05/03
  
• Office-Based Therapy for Opiate Addiction Successful - 9/03/03
  
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Partners with NIDA to Educate Nation About Effects of Drugs - 8/29/03
  
• Rat Study Shows Exposure to Ecstasy Early in Pregnancy Induces Brain, Behavior Changes - 8/29/03
  
• Amphetamine or Cocaine Exposure May Limit Brain Cell Changes That Normally Occur with Life Experiences - 8/25/03
  
• New Compound That Acts on Peripheral Receptors May Be Promising Treatment for Some Nerve Pain - 8/11/03
  
• NIDA NewsScan #25 - July 30 Issue - 7/30/03
• NIDA NewsScan #24 - July Special Issue - 7/11/03
• Scientists Gather to Discuss Advances in Drug Abuse Research - 6/13/03
  
• NIDA NewsScan #23 - May 23 Issue - 5/23/03
  
• NIDA Announces 7th Annual "PRISM" Award Winners - 5/8/03
  
• NIDA NewsScan #22 - May 2 Issue - 5/5/03
  
• NIDA NewsScan #21 - April 9 Issue - 4/9/03
  
• NIDA to Host "Blending Clinical Practice and Research: Forging Partnerships in the Rocky Mountain States to Enhance Drug Addiction Treatment" - 4/2/03
  
• NIDA to Host Two-Day Neuroscience Symposium to Honor the late Dr. Roger Brown - 3/26/03
  
• NIDA NewsScan #20 - March 5 Issue - 3/10/03
  
• NIDA NewsScan #19 - February 19 Issue - 2/25/03
  
• Stress and the Brain will be the focus of NIH Symposium during Brain Awareness Week, March 10-16, 2003 - 2/21/03
• Dr. Nora D. Volkow Named New Director of NIDA - 1/23/03
• NIDA NewsScan #18 - January 13 Issue - 1/16/03
  
  

Past News Releases:

• 2002; 2001; 2000; 1999; 1998; 1997; 1996; 1995
  
  

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