This week, NIDA releases its strategic plan for FY 2022-2026. Strategic planning is a process all NIH Institutes perform every five years, to take stock of the current state of research and set priorities that are ambitious but achievable...
La pandemia di coronavirus ha rappresentato una nuova sfida per i servizi sanitari pubblici di tutto il mondo.
Sebbene gli scienziati stiano lavorando instancabilmente per comprendere di più sul virus, ci sono ancora molte domande senza...
There has been a steady rise in deaths caused by alcohol, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
The research examined U.S. death...
Opioid use disorder is a chronic, relapsing disease and a global health burden. Treatment for OUD tends to involve a combination of medication and behavioural intervention. It is recognised that buprenorphine can alleviate opioid withdrawal...
Una recente indagine prodotta dal National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) ha analizzato le tendenze nell'uso di sostanze tra i giovani adulti, di età compresa tra 19 e 22 anni, che frequentano il college e non frequentano il college negli...
Una risorsa infografica del National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) che esplora le statistiche sulla morte correlate alla droga relative al fentanil e ad altri oppioidi sintetici riportate negli Stati Uniti.
Con quasi il 50% dei decessi...
Uno studio finanziato dal National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) esplora l'azione dei farmaci psicostimolanti sul glutammato, uno dei neurotrasmettitori più abbondanti nel corpo umano.
I farmaci con un effetto stimolante sono comunemente...
A study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has found an association with young people being exposed to adverts for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and taking up smoking later in life.
The study followed 10 989...
A recent study carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health examined the use of mobile health technology in the United States’ health care system.
Published in the Journal of...
In February of 2018 the US National Institute of Health (NIH) released the first dataset from an "unprecedented study of adolescent brain development", the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study.
The study has, to date...
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Centre for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health have been exploring the link between drug dependence, ongoing drug use, relapse and exposure to stress or experience of stressful events...
This guide is designed to assist clinicians serving adult patients in screening for drug use. The NIDA Quick Screen was adapted from the single-question screen for drug use in primary care by Smith et al. 2010 (available here) and the...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a new report Recommendations for NIDA's Cannabis Policy Research Agenda.
The document has been prepared by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Workgroup which was formed in...
Cuadro explicativo de los neurotransmisores que intervienen en el consumo de drogas y la drogadicción
Questo uso improprio di oppioidi da prescrizione è una delle principali sfide per la salute pubblica. La buprenorfina-naloxone (bup-nx) è tipicamente usata per trattare i disturbi da uso di oppioidi. Tuttavia, la sperimentazione clinica del...
Heroin and synthetic opioids are propelling an upsurge of late in cocaine-related overdose deaths. This is according to a national survey carried out by researchers at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) amongst other drug...
