NIDA's drug abuse information for teens goes mobile
Spanish language versions of easy to understand resources on drug abuse and addiction are now also available. The updates, announced today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, are being launched as … Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)

Bruce D. Grant: Treatment brings hope for recovery from drugs
The National Institute of Drug Abuse has labeled addiction a chronic, relapsing brain disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences. Drugs change the brain's structure and how it works with long lasting changes … Read more on Tallahassee Democrat (blog)

UCLA gets million to study substance use and HIV among minority men who …
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded UCLA a $ 7 million grant to investigate the links between substance abuse and HIV among Latino and African-American men who have sex with men. Researchers will examine how non-injected drugs and … Read more on Phys.Org