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NOVEMBER 2009
11/06/09	NIDA Launches New Substance Abuse Resources to Help Fill Gaps in Medical Education
OCTOBER 2009
10/30/09	Federal Stimulus Grant Supports Crucial Study of Anti-Nicotine Vaccine
10/05/09	Cocaine Vaccine Shows Promise for Treating Addiction
10/01/09	Teleconference Discussion of Results from Cocaine Vaccine Study
SEPTEMBER 2009
09/21/09	NIDA's 2009 Avant-Garde Awards for Innovative HIV/AIDS Research Announced
09/07/09	Innovative Community-Based Prevention Dramatically Reduces Risky Behavior in 10-14 Year Olds
09/04/09	Drug Czar, Top Federal Experts Use Virtual Town Hall to Announce Success of Major Community Based Drug Prevention Effort
JULY 2009
7/30/09	NIH and VA Announce $7 Million Partnership for Substance Abuse Research among Military Personnel, Veterans and their Families
7/08/09	Time to Hepatitis C Infection in Injection Drug Users Lengthening in Developed Countries
JUNE 2009
6/18/09	NIDA Study Shows School-Based Prevention Program Reduces Problem Behaviors in Fifth Graders By Half
MAY 2009
5/15/09	The Impact of Third Hand Smoke on Risk for Genetic Mutations Wins First Place Addiction Science Award at 2009 Intel ISEF Competition
5/15/09	NIDA Study Suggests Low-Key Anti-Smoking Ads Are More Likely to Be Remembered than Attention-Grabbing Messages
5/13/09	NIDA Study Reveals Widespread Effects of Cocaine on Genome Structure and Function
APRIL 2009
4/20/09	NIDA Launches Drug Use Screening Tools for Physicians
MARCH 2009
3/16/09	Study Helps Unravel Mysteries of Brain's Endocannabinoid System
3/4/09	Combination of Genes and Prenatal Exposure to Smoking Increases Teens' Risk of Disruptive Behavior
FEBRUARY 2009
2/2/09	NIDA Study Shows That Methylphenidate (Ritalin) Causes Neuronal Changes in Brain Reward Areas
JANUARY 2009
1/13/09	Drug Abusing Offenders Not Getting Treatment They Need in Criminal Justice System
1/6/09	NIDA Releases a New Research Report on Comorbidity of Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses
1/2/09	Addressing Substance Abuse and Comorbidities among Military Personnel, Veterans, and Their Families: A Research Agenda
DECEMBER 2008
12/15/08	NIDA Announces Call for Submissions for 2009 Avant-Garde Award for Innovative Research in the Treatment of HIV/AIDS in Drug Abusers
12/11/08	Annual 2008 Monitoring the Future Findings
12/11/08	Downward Trend in Teen Marijuana Use Slows; Prescription Drug Abuse Remains High
NOVEMBER 2008
11/10/08	NIDA's Frontiers in Addiction Research Mini-convention
11/04/08	Extended Suboxone Treatment Substantially Improves Outcomes for Opioid-Addicted Young Adults
OCTOBER 2008
10/31/08	Top NIH Neuroscience Experts to Discuss the Latest in Neurological and Psychiatric Research