The NIDA Notes collections have been discontinued and replaced by a topic index on Women's Health articles starting with 2007 and later

Older articles are listed below:

June 2006, Volume 20, Number 6

• Drugs Affect Men's and Women's Brains Differently

April 2006, Volume 20, Number 5

• Community-Based Treatment Benefits Methamphetamine Abusers

March 2006, Volume 20, Number 4

• Studies Identify Factors Surrounding Rise in Abuse of Prescription Drugs by College Students
  
• Weighing Nicotine Replacement

August 2005, Volume 20, Number 2

• Disulfiram May Work for Men, but not Women

August 2005, Volume 20, Number 1

• ATHENA Program Reduces Substance Abuse by Girls on High School Sports Teams

December 2004, Volume 19, Number 4

• Smoking Exposure In Utero Increases Risk of Later Addiction
• Men and Women May Process Cocaine Cues Differently

September 2004, Volume 19, Number 3

• Conference Provides Overview of Consequences of Prenatal Drug Exposure

April 2004, Volume 19, Number 1

• Researchers Adapt HIV Risk Prevention Program for African-American Women

February 2004, Volume 18, Number 6

• The Neurobehavioral Legacy of Prenatal Tobacco Exposure

August 2003, Volume 18, Number 2

• Gender and Ethnic Patterns in Drug Use Among High School Students

June 2003, Volume 18, Number 1

• Joint Treatment of PTSD and Cocaine Abuse May Reduce Severity of Both Disorders
  
• New Animal Model Simulates Human Exposure, Confirms Harm From Prenatal Cocaine
  
• Substance-Abusing Adolescents Show Ethnic and Gender Differences in Psychiatric Disorders
  
  

March 2003, Volume 17, Number 6

• Animal Studies Show Sex Differences in Impact of Efforts To Reduce Drug Seeking
  
  

January 2003, Volume 17, Number 5

• Study Finds Significant Mental Deficits in Toddlers Exposed to Cocaine Before Birth
  
  

November 2002, Volume 17, Number 4

• Women and Smoking: Sensory Factors, Attitudes About Weight, Phase of Menstrual Cycle All Key To Quitting
  
• Timing Quit Date May Help Women Smokers
  
  

October 2002, Volume 17, Number 3

• Prenatal Exposure to Ecstasy May Impair Memory and Cognition
  
  

May 2002, Volume 17, Number 2

• In Drug Abuse, Gender Matters
  
• Prenatal Exposure to Methamphetamine Increases Vulnerability to the Drug’s Neurotoxic Effects in Adult Male Mice
  
• High-Risk Sex Is Main Factor in HIV Infection for Men and Women Who Inject Drugs
  
• Cocaine’s Effects on Cerebral Blood Flow Differ Between Men and Women
  
  

April 2002, Volume 17, Number 1

• Childhood Sex Abuse Increases Risk for Drug Dependence in Adult Women
  
  

October 2001, Volume 16, Number 4

• Biochemical Brain Abnormality Found in School-Age Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine
  
  

May 2001, Volume 16, Number 2

• Adolescents, Women, and Whites More Vulnerable Than Others to Becoming Nicotine Dependent
  
  

March 2001, Volume 16, Number 1

• Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Associated With Negative Toddler Behavior and Early Smoking Experimentation
  
• Women and Smokeless Tobacco Use
  
  

October 2000, Volume 15, Number 5

• Drug Abuse and Conduct Disorder Linked to Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy
  
  

September 2000, Volume 15, Number 4

• Boys and Girls Encounter Different Drug Offers, Use Different Refusal Strategies
  
• Gender Differences in Drug Abuse Risks and Treatment
  
  

August 2000, Volume 15, Number 3

• NIDA Initiative Targets Increasing Teen Use of Anabolic Steroids
  
  

March 2000, Volume 15, Number 1

• Marijuana-Like Compound in Womb May Influence Early Pregnancy
  
  

March 2000, Volume 14, Number 6

• UCLA Study Looks at Women in Treatment
  
• Female Rats Progress Quickly to Drug Abuse
  
  

November 1999, Volume 14, Number 4

• Support Group Improves Outcomes for Pregnant Drug Users
  
• Twin Studies Help Define the Role of Genes in Vulnerability to Drug Abuse
  
  

September 1999, Volume 14, Number 3

• Gender Differences in Progression to AIDS
  
  

March 1999, Volume 13, Number 6

• Study Shows How Genes Can Help Protect From Addiction
  
  

November 1998, Volume 13, Number 4

• Men and Women in Drug Abuse Treatment Relapse at Different Rates and for Different Reasons
  
• Researchers Find Gender Differences In How Drug Abusers Respond To HIV Prevention Strategies
  
  

July/August 1997, Volume 12, Number 4

• Gender Affects Relationships Between Drug Abuse and Psychiatric Disorders
  
  

May/June 1997, Volume 12, Number 3

• Women's Dependence on Smoking Affected By Something in Addition to Nicotine
  
  

January/February 1996, Volume 11, Number 1

• Cocaine Affects Men and Women Differentlyl, NIDA Study Shows
  
  

September/October 1995, Volume 10, Number 5

• Daughters of Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy are More Likely to Smoke, Study Says
  
  

January/February 1995, Volume 10, Number 1

• Early Childhood Behavior and Temperament Predict Later Substance Use