Columbia Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Teens' Drug Use

Published September 25, 2013

Columbia Town Hall meeting to discuss teens' drug use
… percent of eighth-graders, 17 percent of 10th-graders and 22.9 percent of 12th-graders reported using marijuana in the past month, according to Monitoring the Future, an annual, nationwide survey of students funded by the National Institute on Drug … Read more on Baltimore Sun (blog)

Synthetic marijuana continues to scare, frustrate Nebraska cops and doctors
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports other side-effects include racing heartbeat, nausea and vomiting, muscle spasms, seizures, and tremors, hallucinations and suicidal thoughts. “Smoking regular marijuana has been going on for a long time, s … Read more on KVNO News

US funds new tobacco regulation research centers
The program will be coordinated by the NIH's Office of Disease Prevention and administered by three NIH institutes: the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The program will … Read more on WATE-TV

2013 ISEF Addiction Science Award Winners Visit NIDA
Winners of the 2013 ISEF Addiction Science Award visited the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in North Bethesda, Maryland. The awards are coordinated …