• Nicotine Vaccine Moves Toward Clinical Trials
• Drug Abuse and Conduct Disorder Linked to Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy
• NIDA-Funded Researchers Identify Compound That Inhibits Nicotine Metabolism, Decreases Urge to Smoke
• Nicotine Craving and Heavy Smoking May Contribute to Increased Use of Cocaine and Heroin
• Cues Trigger Craving

Director's Column

• NIDA's Nicotine Research Provides Scientific Approaches to Combat a Deadly Addiction

News

• NIDA Launches National Media Campaign to Prevent Drug Abuse by Youth
• New Public Service Announcements Aimed at Youth and Their Parents
• New Approach Promises Relief for Chronic Pain

Bulletin Board

• NIDA Grantee Wins Biological Society Award
• NIDA Employees Honored

Tearoff

• Update on Nicotine Addiction and Tobacco Research

• Methamphetamine Brain Damage in Mice More Extensive Than Previously Thought
• NIDA Pursues Many Approaches to Reversing Methamphetamine's Neurotoxic Effects
• Gender Differences in Prevalence of Drug Abuse Traced to Opportunities to Use
• Boys and Girls Encounter Different Drug Offers, Use Different Refusal Strategies
• Study Provides Additional Evidence That High Steroid Doses Elicit Psychiatric Symptoms in Some Men

Director's Column

• Treating the Brain in Drug Abuse

News

• NIDA Supports Research on Ethical Issues in Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS Studies
• Conference Focuses on Linked Issues of Drug Abuse, HIV, Hepatitis C
• New Clinical Guidelines Describe Proven Treatments for Nicotine Addiction

Bulletin Board

• Conference on Adolescent Substance Abuse for the Practitioner
• NIDA's Buprenorphine Development Team Honored

Tearoff

• Gender Differences in Drug Abuse Risks and Treatment

• NIDA Initiative Targets Increasing Teen Use of Anabolic Steroids
• Cocaine, Marijuana, and Heroin Abuse Up, Methamphetamine Abuse Down
• PRISM Awards Commend Accuracy in Drug-Issue Entertainment Programming
• PRISM Awards to Be Televised

Director's Column

• NIDA's Epidemiological Compasses

Research Findings

• Genetic Engineering Studies May Lead to Development of More Effective Pain Relievers
• Brain Imaging Studies Show Long-Term Damage From Methamphetamine Abuse
• Drug Abuse Treatment Programs Make Gains in Methadone Treatment and HIV Prevention

Bulletin Board

• NIDA Researcher Wins Endowed Chair at Yale
• Heating Solutions Used in Drug Injection May Inactivate HIV
• NIDA to Sponsor Mini-Conference on Drug Abuse at APA Meeting

Tearoff

• About Anabolic Steroid Abuse

• Evidence Builds That Genes Influence Cigarette Smoking
• Ketamine, PCP, and Alcohol Trigger Widespread Cell Death in the Brains of Developing Rats
• Antibody May Treat PCP Overdose and Abuse, Also Block Prenatal Harm

Director's Column

• NIDA's Strategic Plan for 2000-2005

News

• NIDA Manual Shows Managers How to Analyze Their Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
• NIDA Constituents Discuss Putting Drug Abuse Research to Use
• NIDA Reaches Out to the Nation

Bulletin Board

• Four New Members Join National Advisory Council
• NIDA Research Informs Lawmakers on GHB Risks
• NIDA Scientists Participate in Nicotine Research Conference

Tearoff

• NIDA's Report Card Details Research Initiatives, Resources, and Accomplishments

• NIDA Joins NCI, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Launch Tobacco Research Centers
• Overall Teen Drug Use Stays Level While Use of MDMA and Steroids Increases

Director's Column

• Addressing the Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse

Marijuana Research

• Evidence Accumulates That Long-Term Marijuana Users Experience Withdrawal
• Marijuana-Like Compound in Womb May Influence Early Pregnancy

Cocaine Research

• Some Cocaine Abusers Fare Better With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Others With 12-Step Programs
• Nicotine Medication Also Reduces Craving in Cocaine Addicts

Awards

• Research Eases Concerns About Use of Opioids to Relieve Pain
• About the MERIT Award

Bulletin Board

• Teen Alternative to Cigarettes Has Higher Concentrations of Nicotine
• Russian University Honors NIDA Director
• Save These Dates

Tearoff

• Facts About Drug Abuse and Hepatitis C