Volume 17, Number 6

Research Findings

• Nicotine's Multiple Effects on the Brain's Reward System Drive Addiction
  
• Cocaine's Effect on Blood Components May Be Linked to Heart Attack and Stroke
  
• Few Middle Schools Use Proven Prevention Programs
  
• New Approaches Seek To Expand Naltrexone Use in Heroin Treatment
  
• Long-Lasting Formulation Also May Increase Naltrexone Compliance
  
• Animal Studies Show Sex Differences in Impact of Efforts To Reduce Drug Seeking

Director's Column

• NIDA's Continued Commitment To Nicotine Research

Research News

• NIDA Welcomes New Advisory Council Members
  
• Dr. Nora D. Volkow Named NIDA Director
  

Tearoff

• Teen Smoking Dropped Dramatically in 2002
  

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• Volume 23 (2010)
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