NIDA NOTES
Volume 12, Number 6
November/December 1997

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NEWS

• NIDA Conference Aims "Preemptive Strike" at Increased Heroin Use Among Nation's Young People

• NIH Panel Calls for Expanded Methadone Treatment for Heroin Addiction

• NIDA Researchers Developing Problem-Free Pain Relievers

• Research Must Determine Medical Potential of Marijuana, NIH Expert Panel Concludes

• Contributions of Behavioral Research to AIDS Studies Recognized

• Public Television Series on Addiction Will Draw on NIDA Research

• NIDA Infofax - Science-based Facts on Drug Abuse and Addiction

• Applying Scientific Research Can Counter Rise in Heroin Use

• Next in the Town Meeting Series

• Understanding Addiction as a Brain Disease

• New Branch Chief in NIDA's MDD

• NIDA Materials to Help Communities Develop Drug Abuse Prevention Programs