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Addiction Science

Brief Description

Recent scientific advances have revolutionized our understanding of drug abuse and addiction, which is now recognized as a chronic relapsing brain disease. NIDA’s publications offer a plain language view of how the brain, body and behavior respond to drugs of abuse, and include advances in addiction treatment.

Explaining Addiction

 

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Past information on many drugs of abuse is available on our Archives site.

Featured Publication

Featured Publication

Drugs, Brains, and Behavior - The Science of Addiction

As a result of scientific research, we know that addiction is a disease that affects both brain and behavior.

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