NCJ Number
203091
Date Published
September 2002
Length
57 pages
Annotation
This report presents a collection of articles dating from 1996 to 2002 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse focusing on their research findings and resources in the field of drug abuse prevention.
Abstract
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) supports a significantly large portion of the world’s research on drug abuse and addiction. Research funded by NIDA enables scientists to apply the most advanced techniques available on the study of every aspect of drug abuse. This report presents 25 articles and their research findings in drug abuse prevention and 6 articles providing resources in drug abuse prevention that are reprinted from NIDA’s research newsletter dating from 1996 to 2002. Research findings’ articles include the topic areas of NIDA’s new national research initiative, MDMA use and challenges faced in drug prevention, decrease in marijuana use by teens from television public service announcements, NIDA initiative targets teen use of anabolic steroids, the development of effective drug prevention programs, the prevention of club drugs, community leadership strategies, student marijuana use and perceptions of risk, educating children and adults, drug prevention through ethnic identification and cultural ties, steroid prevention in young athletes, targeting at-risk adolescents, multifaceted prevention programs, marijuana and tobacco use increase, research guide to aid community prevention efforts, and protective factors to buffer high-risk youth from drug use. Resource articles present information and analyses on economics of prevention programs, science education campaign for middle school students, slide presentations for teaching how drugs act in the brain, resources for communities and treatment providers, materials to help communities develop drug abuse prevention programs, and NIDA drug abuse education materials for middle school students.