Rutgers study: Drug lows may drive addiction
If these animal models are a mirror into human addiction, Rutgers researchers say, addicts who learned to use drugs to either achieve a positive emotional state or to relieve a negative one are vulnerable to situations that trigger either behavior … Read more on Dailyrecord.com

Nearly 1 million Afghans suffer from drug addiction
"Afghanistan has close to one million adult drug users with a particularly high annual opiate prevalence amongst the adult population of 2.7 percent, similar to countries like Russia and Iran .. between 2005 and 2009, the numbers of regular opium and … Read more on Global Times

Dr. Wilson Compton named Deputy Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
As Division Director, he has managed a complex research program of national and international scope addressing the extent and causes of drug abuse and the development of effective prevention strategies. He has also coordinated innovative research … Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)