Leading the Search for Scientific Solutions
To address all aspects of drug use and its harmful consequences, NIDA's research program ranges from basic studies of the addicted brain and behavior to clinical strategies and health services research. NIDA's research program develops prevention and treatment approaches and ensures they work in real-world settings. As part of this goal, NIDA is committed to research that addresses the vulnerabilities and health differences that exist among ethnic minorities or that stem from gender differences.
Bringing Science to Real-World Settings
Clinical Trials Network (CTN) – CTN "road tests" research-based drug use treatments in community treatment programs around the country.Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies (CJ-DATS) (Archives) – Led by NIDA, CJ-DATS is a network of research centers, in partnership with criminal justice professionals, drug use treatment providers, and federal agencies, responsible for developing integrated treatment approaches for criminal justice offenders and testing them at multiple sites throughout the Nation.Juvenile Justice Translational Research on Interventions in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS) – JJ-TRIALS is a seven-site cooperative research program designed to identify and test strategies for improving the delivery of research-based substance use and HIV prevention and treatment services for justice-involved youth.The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study – ABCD is the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. The study is following more than 11,000 healthy children ages nine to 10 and follow them into early adulthood to observe brain growth.
Sharing Free Information With the Public
NIDA increases the impact of its research on addiction by sharing free information with professionals and the general public. Special initiatives are intended for researchers, clinicians, educators, students, and parents. Please visit https://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov.
NIDA's Special Initiatives for Students, Teachers, and Parents
Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body – A drug education series created by NIDA and SCHOLASTIC INC. for students in grades 6 to 12NIDA for Teens – A website for teens (with resources for educators and parents) that provides age-appropriate facts on drugsNational Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® – A week-long observance that encourages community-based events and dialogue between teens and scientists about drugs and alcoholDrug and Alcohol Facts Chat Day – A web chat between NIDA scientists and teens, held through school computer labs once a year during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®
Special Initiative for Clinicians
NIDAMED – A collection of resources for health professionals on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction, and advances in pain management.
Publications on Prevention and Treatment Principles
Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents: A Research-Based Guide for Parents, Educators, and Community Leaders – NIDA’s research-based guide for preventing drug use among children and adolescents provides principles based on effective drug-prevention research and includes answers to questions on risk and protective factors as well as on community planning and implementation
Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide – This guide summarizes principles of effective treatment, answers common questions, and describes types of treatment, providing examples of scientifically based and tested treatment components
Principles of Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment: A Research-Based Guide – This guide discusses the urgency of treating substance use disorders in teenagers, answers common questions about how young people are treated for drug problems, and describes effective research-based treatment approaches
Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations: A Research-Based Guide – NIDA's research-based guide for treating criminal justice-involved people with addiction provides essential treatment principles and includes answers to frequently asked questions as well as resource information.
For more information: All NIDA publications are available at www.drugabuse.gov. Some publications are also available in print, free of charge.
To order a publication in print, call the DRUGPubs Research Dissemination Center at 1–877–NIH–NIDA or go to drugpubs.drugabuse.gov. Watch NIDA videos (NIDA TV) at: www.drugabuse.gov/nida-tv.
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