What is NIDA?
National Institute on Drug Abuse:
The mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. In this regard, NIDA addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse—from detecting and responding to emerging drug abuse trends and understanding how drugs work in the brain and body to developing and testing new approaches to treatment and prevention. NIDA also supports research training, career development, public education, and research dissemination efforts.
Through its Intramural Research Program, as well as grants and contracts to investigators at research institutions around the country and overseas, NIDA supports research and training on:
* The genetic, neurobiological, behavioral, and social mechanisms underlying drug abuse and addiction;
* The causes and consequences of drug abuse, including the impact on society and morbidity and mortality in selected populations (e.g., ethnic minorities, youth, and women);
* The relationship of drug abuse to other mental illnesses and to psychosocial outcomes such as unemployment, low socioeconomic status, and violence;
* Effective prevention and treatment approaches, including a broad research program designed to develop new medications and behavioral therapies for drug addiction;
* The relationship of drug abuse to cultural and ethical issues such as health disparities; and
* The relationship of drug abuse to the acquisition, transmission, and clinical course of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and other diseases and the development of effective prevention/intervention strategies.
The information gathered by by NIDA is helpful to drug addiction treatment and drug rehabilitation centers across the US in need of drug rehab.
June 11th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
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