• New NIDA Initiative Focuses on Vulnerability to Drug Addiction
• Study Shows How Genes Can Help Protect From Addiction
• Treating Mood Disorders in Drug Abuse Patients Yields Improvement in Both Conditions
• Coping Skills Help Patients Recognize and Resist the Urge to Use Cocaine
• Compound Enhances Memory in Mice With Alzheimer-like Symptoms

Director's Column

• Institute Will Expand Research Into the Interaction of Genetics and Environment in Vulnerability to Drug Abuse and Addiction

News

• NIDA Goes to School: Institute Launches Science Education Campaign for Middle Schoolers
• Des Moines Town Meeting Addresses Methamphetamine Abuse Epidemic in Iowa

Bulletin Board

• Compounds May Treat Cocaine-induced Heart Disease
• Summer Research Programs for Students
• Monograph Analyzes Economics of Prevention Programs

Tearoff

• Methamphetamine Abuse Alert

• Nicotine Conference Highlights Research Accomplishments and Challenges
• Matching Drug Abuse Treatment Services to Patient Needs Boosts Outcome Effectiveness
• Researchers at NIDA Symposium Discuss New Directions for Health Services Research
• Cocaine Activates Different Brain Regions for Rush Versus Craving
• New Publications Disseminate Research Findings on Nicotine

Director's Column

• NIDA Research Provides Data to Document and Improve the Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Health Services

Drug Abuse and AIDS

• New NIDA Center Will Address Health Issues Associated With Drug Abuse
• Global Network Will Promote Information Exchange on HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations
• Special Journal Supplement Summarizes Research on HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations

Bulletin Board

• Director Named for International Program
• Heroin, Marijuana, Methamphetamine Use on the Rise
• Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Costs at Least $352 Million Per Year

Tearoff

• NIDA Offers Free Slide Presentations for Teaching How Drugs Act in the Brain

• Drug Abuse Cost to Society Set at $97.7 Billion, Continuing Steady Increase Since 1975
• 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
• Prenatal Exposure to Drugs of Abuse May Affect Later Behavior and Learning

Director's Column

• Gender Matters in Drug Abuse Research

News

• NIDA's Division of Intramural Research Broadens Its Neuroscience Focus
• Films and TV Programs Recognized for Outstanding Portrayals of Drug Abuse

Bulletin Board

• Dr. Susan Coyle Directs Review of Clinical, Epidemiological, and Applied Sciences Research
• Public Information Materials Cited for Excellence
• Publications Focus on Women's Health

Tearoff

• New Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Resources for Communities and Treatment Providers

• Drug Addiction Treatment Conference Emphasizes Combining Therapies
• Linking Medical Care With Drug Abuse Treatment Stems Tuberculosis Among HIV-Infected Drug Users
  • The Rise and Fall of TB in the United States
  • Curbing Tuberculosis in Out-of-Treatment Injecting Drug Users

Director's Column

• Addiction Research Can Provide Scientific Solutions to the Problem of Cigarette Smoking

News

• Like Other Drugs of Abuse, Nicotine Disrupts the Brain's Pleasure Circuit
  • Tobacco Smoke May Contain a Psychoactive Ingredient Other Than Nicotine
• Cocaine Abuse May Lead to Strokes and Mental Deficits

Bulletin Board

• New Members Join NIDA's National Advisory Council
• Director Named for NIDA's Medications Development Division
• New NIH Review Groups

Tearoff

• Facts About Nicotine and Tobacco Products

• Exploring the Role of Child Abuse in Later Drug Abuse
• Some Child Abuse Victims Are More Vulnerable Than Others to Drug Abuse
• Innovative Treatment Helps Traumatized Drug-Abusing Women

Director's Column

• NIDA Probes the Elusive Link Between Child Abuse and Later Drug Abuse

News

• International Panel Seeks Better Ways to Apply Drug Abuse Data
• Current Trends in Drug Use Worldwide
• Increases in Teen Drug Use Appear to Level Off

Research Advances

• Brain Scans Open Window to View Cocaine's Effects on the Brain

Awards

• NIDA's Dr. Rapaka Recognized for Excellence in Scientific Administration

Bulletin Board

• Addicted to Nicotine: A National Research Forum
• Child Psychopathology and Drug Abuse
• Dr. Frascella Heads NIDA's Etiology and Clinical Neurobiology Branch

Tearoff

• Trends in Drug Use Among 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders

• NIDA Initiative Tackles Methamphetamine Use
• NIDA Constituents Focus on Unity and Advocacy
  • NIDA's "Report Card"
  • Participants at NIDA's 1997 Constituent Conference
• Interagency Pacts and NIH Collaborations Extend NIDA's Research Reach
  • Violence Initiative - Interdepartmental Working Group on Violence Research

Director's Column

• NIDA Expands Research to Meet Challenge of Methamphetamine Abuse

Awards

• Merit Awardee Examines Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure in Rats
  • About the MERIT Award Program
• Presidential Early Career Award Presented to NIDA Grantee

Bulletin Board

• New Branch Chief Oversees Health Services Research
• Coming Up
• Newest NIDA Monograph Discusses Clinical Trials for Cocaine Medications

Tearoff

• Comparing Methamphetamine and Cocaine

• Volume 12, Number 6; November/December 1997
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• Volume 12, Number 4; July/August 1997
• Volume 12, Number 3; May/June 1997
• Volume 12, Number 2; March/April 1997
• Volume 12, Number 1; January/February 1997

• Volume 11, Number 5; November/December 1996 - Brain Imaging Research
• Volume 11, Number 4; September/October 1996
• Volume 11, Number 3; May/June 1996
• Volume 11, Number 2; March/April 1996
• Volume 11, Number 1; January/February 1996

• Volume 10, Number 6; November/December 1995 - Marijuana Research
• Volume 10, Number 5; September/October 1995 - Cocaine Research
• Volume 10, Number 4; July/August 1995 - Prevention Research
• Volume 10, Number 3; May/June 1995 - Special Report on AIDS
• Volume 10, Number 2; March/April 1995 - Violence and Drug Abuse
• Volume 10, Number 1; January/February 1995 - Women and Drug Abuse