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National Institute on Drug Abuse

Recent scientific advances have revolutionized our understanding of drug abuse and addiction. The majority of these advances, which have dramatic implications for how to best prevent and treat addiction, have been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. NIDA supported science addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug abuse, ranging from the molecule to managed care, and from DNA to community outreach research.

NIDA is not only seizing upon unprecedented opportunities and technologies to further the understanding of how drugs of abuse affect the brain and behavior, but also working to ensure the rapid and effective transfer of scientific data to policy makers, drug abuse practitioners, other health care practitioners, and the general public. The NIDA web site is an important part of this effort. The scientific knowledge that is generated through NIDA research is a critical element to improving the overall health of the Nation. Our goal is to ensure that science, not ideology or anecdote, forms the foundation for all of our Nation's drug abuse reduction efforts.

NIDA was established in 1974, and in October 1992 it became part of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. The Institute is organized into divisions and offices, each of which plays an important role in programs of drug abuse research.

The NIDA Mission is also presented below as a Flash 5 animation. In order to view it, your computer must have Flash 5 viewer installed. If you need to download the Flash 5 viewer, your computer will send you to the proper site, or you can download this free software from MacroMedia.

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• Text Version - NIDA Mission movie
  
   

  The movie begins by displaying the NIDA logo.

  The first screen includes the following text: "More has been learned about the brain in the past twenty years than in all recorded history." An illustration of a healthy brain is at the bottom of the screen.

  The second screen includes the following text: "One thing that has been learned is that DRUG USE changes the brain." The brain illustration changes to demonstrate symbolically the effects drug use has on brain activity.

  The third screen includes the text: "NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction." Illustrations follow that demonstrate many of the ways NIDA studies drugs and the brain. They depict NIDA employees using computers, modern medical technology, and chemistry equipment in their research.

  The NIDA logo appears in the final screen, which ends the movie.