News & Events

NIDA Home > News & Events > News Releases 2007

News Releases 2007

12/14/07	Early Fine-Tuning of Neural Connections May Turn Destructive Later in Life
12/11/07	NIDA Survey Shows a Decline in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use Among Eighth Graders
11/27/07	NIDA Announces New Avant-Garde Award for Innovative AIDS Research
11/26/07	National Institute on Drug Abuse Launches Public Service Campaign for Hispanic Youth on the Link between Non-Injection Drugs and HIV
11/15/07	The National Institute on Drug Abuse Offers Summer Internship Opportunities
11/09/07	NIDA's Dr. Nora Volkow to Speak on Addiction at NYC's 92nd Street Y's Science and Discovery Series
10/29/07	Drug-Impaired Driving by Youth Remains Serious Problem
10/26/07	Frontiers in Addiction Research - NIDA to Hold Mini-Convention at Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
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

Past News Releases by Date

2006; 2005; 2004; 2003; 2002; 2001; 2000; 1999; 1998; 1997; 1996; 1995

For more information

Contact NIDA Press Office:
301-443-6245

Download the Drug Abuse and Addiction Media Guide
[444 Kb, pdf format]