NIDA Dir Nora Volkow joins other physicians and public health advocates at Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic roundtable on how drugs affect the brain and other relevant topics.

Watch the video here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/…

The rise and fall of the cocaine high: https://www.drugabuse.gov/…/nida-not…/rise-fall-cocaine-high

See updated research priorities from NIDA’s Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (DESPR). Of interest to scientists looking at how large systems of care can adopt evidence based interventions, and how we can better promote population neuroscience.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/…/division-epidemiology-services-…

Can training teens with life skills help prevent prescription opioid misuse? https://www.drugabuse.gov/…/life-skills-training-shields-te…

Know the emerging trends and alerts with the National Drug Early Warning System: https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/emerging-trends-alerts

NIDA Dir Nora Volkow discusses how drugs affect the brain with members of U.S. House of Representatives Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic. Other topics covered: communication between doctors and families, treatment plans for drug users, need for alternative pain treatments, and the potency of synthetic drugs.

Watch the video here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/…

The NIDA Easy-to-Read Drugs Facts website is being featured in the February issue of the NIH’s News in Health newsletter! Check out the article and check out our site!

https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/feb2017/capsule3

How does naloxone save lives? https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/post/naloxone-saves-lives

NIDA and other HHS scientists have found that opioids are driving an increase in cocaine overdose deaths. A data review from CDC’s National Vital Statistics System showed that cocaine-related overdose deaths increased after 2010, despite decreased cocaine use. The scientists found that this latest increase was linked to cocaine-related overdose deaths involving opioids, primarily heroin or synthetic opioids. NIDA Deputy Director Wilson Compton was an author.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/…/opioids-are-driving-increase-in…

NIDA’s Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (DESPR) has a new landing page—see its updated research priorities, including investigating the effect of environmental influences and new technologies on drug use and addiction.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/…/division-epidemiology-services-…

On Capitol Hill, NIDA Dir Nora Volkow speaks to members of the House of Representatives at a roundtable held by the Bipartisan Task Force to Combat the Heroin Epidemic. Topics included how these drugs affect the brain, communication between doctors and families on treatment approaches for drug users, the need for alternative pain medicine, and the potency of synthetic drugs.

Watch the video here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/…

Teaching STEM? Explore NIDA for Teens’ science-based lesson plans that can help you guide your students to make smart decisions about drugs and alcohol. http://bit.ly/2fZbFgp

NIDA-funded study at Yale finds that 1 in 4 teens who use e-cigarettes have tried “dripping,” a practice in which they produce and inhale vapors by placing drops of e-liquids directly onto heated atomizer coils.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/…/study-finds-one-in-four-high-sc…