• Marijuana Antagonist Reveals Evidence of THC Dependence in Rats
• NIDA Conference Advances HHS Secretary's Marijuana Initiative
• NIDA Expands Its Marijuana Research Agenda
• HHS Secretary Sends Marijuana Information to the Nation's Schools

Director's Column

• Broadening the Role of NIDA's Neuroscience Research

Special Report: ARC's 60th Anniversary

• At 60, NIDA's Addiction Research Center Looks to the Future
• History of ARC Marked by Research Achievements
• Probing the Molecular and Genetic Frontiers of Drug Abuse Research
• Using Animals to Study Mechanisms and Effects of Drugs
• Molecular Pharmacology, Brain Scans, and Human Attention Spans
• Studying the Effects of Drugs in Humans
• Developing New Therapies for Drug Abuse
• Finding and Defining Causes of Drug Abuse

News

• Drug Abuse Links to AIDS Prompt Highly Targeted Responses
• Dr. Nurco's MERIT Award Supports His Inner-City Prevention and Treatment Research

Grants

• NIDA Grant Announcements

TearOff

• Audiotapes From NIDA's Conference on Marijuana Use

• NIDA-Supported Scientists Identify Receptor Associated with Cocaine Abuse
• New Strategy Would Neutralize Cocaine in the Bloodstream
• NIDA Workshops Advance Clinical Trials of Cocaine Treatment Medications
• Voucher System is Effective Tool in Treating Cocaine Abuse
• Inner-City Cocaine Abusers in Baltimore Respond to Voucher-Based Treatment

Director's Column

• Progress and Potential Mark NIDA's Research for a Cocaine Treament Medication

News

• Daughters of Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy Are More Likely to Smoke, Study Says
• Sweat Testing May Prove Useful in Drug-Use Surveillance

• Facts About Cocaine Abuse and Treatment

• Novelty Seekers and Drug Abusers Tap Same Brain Reward System, Animal Studies Show
• Novel Drug Abuse Prevention Ads Get Strong Response from High-Sensation Seekers
• Measuring Sensation Seeking

Director's Column

• Marijuana Initiative Features Scientifically Accurate, Credible Messages

News

• NIDA Takes a Lead Role in National Marijuana Initiative
• Heroin Update: Smoking, Injecting Cause Similar Effects; Usage Patterns May Be Shifting
• Correctional Treatment Helps Offenders Stay Drug and Arrest Free
• Dr. Benowitz Conducts Research on Nicotine Addiction
  About the MERIT Award Program

• New Behavioral Sciences Research Branch Chief Named

• NIDA Releases Three New Videos for Practitioners
  How to Order NIDA Research Dissemination and Application (RDA) Videos

• NIDA Plays Key Role in Studying Links Between AIDS and Drug Abuse
• Institute Expands Office on AIDS

Director's Column

• AIDS Brings Greater Research Obligation, More Potential for Results

AIDS Research

• Basic and Clinical Research on AIDS: From the Molecule to the Patient
• NIDA Urges HIV Counseling, Testing for Research Subjects
• Treatment and Outreach Research on AIDS: Identifying and Treating Those at Risk
• Beyond Research: Training Scientists and Educating the Public
• NIDA Encourages More AIDS-Related Research
• Institute of Medicine's (IOM) AIDS Research Recommendations

• NIDA Refocuses Its Research on Drug Related Violence
• 31% of New York Murder Victims Had Cocaine in Their Bodies

Director's Column

• Broadening NIDA's Basic Research on Behavior

Behavioral Research

• NIDA Program Promises Better Behavioral Treatments for Drug Abuse Patients
• How to Develop a Behavioral Therapy

News

• Marijuana, Other Drug Use Among Teens Continues to Rise
• IOM Calls for Stronger National Committment to Drug Addiction Medications Development
• NIDA Reorganization Enhanced AIDS, Other Research Programs
• California Study Finds $1 Spent on Treatment Saves Taxpayers $7

Tearoff

• Drug Use Among 8th, 10th and 12th Graders

• NIDA Expands its Research on Addiction and Women's Health
• About Women, Drug Abuse, and AIDS
• NIDA Survey Provides First National Data on Drug Use During Pregnancy

Director's Column

• Filling the Gender Gap in Drug Abuse Research

News

• Buprenorphine May Soon Be Heroin Treatment Option
• Researchers Recount Successes at NIDA 20th Anniversary Celebration
• Early Childhood Behavior and Temperament Predict Later Substance Abuse
• Targeting Prevention Messages: Research on Drug-Use Risk and Protective Factors is Fueling the Design of Ethnically Appropriate Prevention Programs for Children

Tearoff

• Drug Use During Pregnancy