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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is a United States federal government research institute whose mission is to "advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health."
Cannabis use disorder (CUD), also known as cannabis addiction or marijuana addiction, is a psychiatric disorder defined in the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and ICD-10 as the continued use of cannabis despite clinically significant impairment. [2] [3]
NAHDAP's staff consists of professional researchers, data archivists and technicians working together to obtain, process, distribute, and promote amongst social science researchers sharing of data relevant to drug addiction and HIV. NAHDAP is a project of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.
DuPont was the first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse from 1973 to 1978 and was the second White House Drug Czar from 1973 to 1977 under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1978 he founded the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. [ 1 ] In 1980 he became a clinical professor of psychiatry at the Georgetown University ...
The facility is part of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi, and cultivates cannabis through a contract with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to which it provides the cannabis. Cannabis research has been hindered by the monopoly held by the National Institute on Drug Abuse that existed prior to 2021. [78]
Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the Western world. [3] In the United States, 10-20% of those who begin the use of cannabis daily will later become dependent. [4] [5] Cannabis use can lead to addiction, which is defined as "when the person cannot stop using the drug even though it interferes with many aspects of his or her life."
Chemistry, not moral failing, accounts for the brain’s unwinding. In the laboratories that study drug addiction, researchers have found that the brain becomes conditioned by the repeated dopamine rush caused by heroin. “The brain is not designed to handle it,” said Dr. Ruben Baler, a scientist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Specific addiction vaccines in development include: NicVAX, a conjugate vaccine intended to reduce or eliminate physical dependence on nicotine. [66] This proprietary vaccine is being developed by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals [67] of Rockville, MD. with the support from the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse.