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News Releases 2007

9/26/07 NIDA Director Among Featured Speakers at The Aspen Health Forum
9/16/07 Two NIH Institutes Share Emmy Award for HBO's The Addiction Project
9/14/07 NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow to Speak about Addiction at World Psychiatric Association Conference in Shanghai, China
9/10/07 NIH Scientists Demonstrate Genetic Variant is Linked to Greater Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Medication
8/13/07 NIDA's Dr. Kenner C. Rice Receives Prestigious Smissman Award
8/1/07 NIDA's Scientific Journal to become Journal of Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
6/14/07 NIDA Study Suggests Crystal Methamphetamine Use in Young Adults Higher than Previously Reported
6/14/07 HBO Producers win NIDA/CPDD Media Award for Documentary series "Addiction"
5/31/07 NIDA Announces New Tools for Drug Abuse Treatment
5/21/07 NIDA Offers Psychiatrists a Look at State-of-the-Science on Addiction and Mental Illnesses
5/8/07 NIDA Looks at Non-Injection Drug Use and Spread of HIV/AIDS
5/7/07 NIH Survey Shows Most People with Drug Use Disorders Never Get Treatment
4/25/07 NIDA Deputy Director to Give Stimulant Abuse Update at ASAM Annual Scientific Meeting
4/19/07 NIDA Highlights State of the Science on Addiction and Mental Illnesses
4/4/07 NIDA Meeting to Look at Drug-Impaired Decision-Making and HIV Transmission
4/3/07 NIDA-Supported Study Shows Significant Association between Smoking, Mental Disorders in Pregnant Women
4/2/07 NIDA Study Identifies Genes That Might Help Some People Abstain From Smoking
4/2/07 NIDA Survey Shows Lack of Substance Abuse Treatment Options for Offenders
3/7/07 NIDA Launches First Large-Scale National Study to Treat Addiction to Prescription Pain Medications
3/6/07 NIH Partners with HBO on Groundbreaking Documentary on Addiction
3/5/07 NIDA NewsScan #49 - Pain, Opioids & Addiction - March 3 Issue
3/5/07 NIDA Begins Its First-Ever Public Discussion on Pain Relief and Addiction
2/26/07 NIDA NewsScan #48 - Hispanics & Drug Abuse - February 26 Issue
2/13/07 NIDA Unveils its First Consumer Publication to Explain the Science of Addiction
2/7/07 NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow to Discuss New Data Showing Similarities in the Processes Underlying Craving for Food and Drugs
1/31/07 Pain, Opioids, and Addiction: An Urgent Problem for Doctors and Patients
1/25/07 Damage to Specific Part of the Brain May Make Smokers 'Forget' to Smoke
1/25/07 NIDA Launches Centers of Excellence for Physician Information

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