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Should We Start a Foundation or Charity?

Question by Ali: Should we start a foundation or charity?
Last October my mom passed away from having a drug addiction to prescriptions. So my friend came up with this idea that we start a foundation for my mom, and… Continue reading

Addiction: From Genes to Drugs

Addiction: From genes to drugs
Tobacco use is responsible for five million deaths worldwide each year, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Secondhand smoke – inhaled regularly by children whose parents' smoke, for example – increases… Continue reading

Addex Therapeutics Ltd : Addex and NIDA Enter Collaboration to Advance

Addex Therapeutics Ltd : Addex and NIDA enter collaboration to advance
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 November 2013 – Addex Therapeutics (SIX: ADXN), a leading company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development announced today entering a collaboration with the National… Continue reading

Effects of Maternal Drug and Alcohol Use?

Question by PurrfectPeach13232: Effects of maternal drug and alcohol use?
My mother (who passed away several years ago) used alcohol, cocaine, and possibly other drugs while pregnant with me. I have no idea how much, except that I was not… Continue reading

UT Health Science Center Prof Receives Grant for Addiction Research

UT Health Science Center prof receives grant for addiction research
There are currently no pharmacotherapies effective in stopping cocaine addiction, but University of Tennessee Health Science Center assistant professor Wen Lin Sun is working to change that with a new… Continue reading

NIDA's Drug Abuse Information for Teens Goes Mobile

NIDA's drug abuse information for teens goes mobile
Spanish language versions of easy to understand resources on drug abuse and addiction are now also available. The updates, announced today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the… Continue reading