School officials report a growing number of teens are bringing a new e-cigarette device called a Juul vaporizer to school. The device looks like a USB...
Source: Blog by George F. Koob, PhD. NIAAA Director Welcome to my first-ever NIAAA Director’s Blog. I look forward to using this space to discuss si...
The public returns record number of potentially dangerous prescription drugs Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringi...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has launched two evidenced-based online screening tools that providers can use to assess substance use dis...
A new study finds 10 percent of people saved by the opioid overdose antidote naloxone die within a year of treatment. “Patients who survive opioid ove...
Under a new federal rule, health providers will be allowed to share information about a drug overdose with family members if the patient is in crisis ...
Blog by Dr. Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) The brain adapts and responds to the environments and conditions in which a...
In 2016, approximately 2.1 million Americans over the age of 11 suffered from addiction to opioids such as the prescription pain medications OxyContin...
Ethical principles stand behind healthcare providers who withhold medical treatments that are “futile or pointless.” But withholding treatment can be ...
Fay Zenoff, Executive Director of NCADD’s San Francisco Affiliate, the Center for Open Recovery, was featured in an Op Ed in the November 5 New York T...