NIDA TV Spotlight on the Iraqi Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG)

NIDA TV Spotlight on the Iraqi Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG) – According to Iraqi health officials, drug abuse is increasing throughout the country, In an effort to collect data and interpret the trends, local national s…

Fatal overdoses put Molly in a bad spotlight

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

Called a pure form of ecstasy, the psychedelic drug MDMA gives a sense of euphoria, eases anxiety and increases a bonding feeling toward others, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In the last week alone, overdoses of Molly, slang for …
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Electric Zoo music festival canceled after 2 deaths blamed on drugs

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

MDMA was created in Germany in the early 1900s, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Decades later, the drug found fans across the Atlantic. During the 1970s some American psychiatrists felt they'd found in the drug a kind of "penicillin …
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Jeannette School District offers program to strengthen families

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

The program is recognized as a scientifically proven effective program by some national agencies, such as the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It has been recognized …
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NIH observes 20th anniversary of Women's Interagency HIV Study

Filed under: national institute on drug abuse

Since 1993 NIAID has continuously funded the WIHS in partnership with the National Cancer Institute, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, all part of NIH.
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