NIDA

Youth Vaping, Smoking and Drinking at Record Lows, Per Latest NIDA Data

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has released the latest Monitoring the Future Survey (MFS), which for over 50 years…

January 8, 2026

NIDA Leadership Calls for “All Three” OUD Medications in Prisons and Jails

A top federal drug official is calling for the government to move “away from criminalization” under the drug war, saying…

July 16, 2024

NIDA Director Calls Abstinence-Only Approach “Catastrophic” for OD Crisis

A top federal health official is offering some pointed critiques of the United States drug criminalization model, stressing how politicizing…

November 21, 2023

Federal Data Show Sharp Decrease in Teen Drug Use in 2021

On December 15, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)—a federal research agency in the United States Department of Health…

December 15, 2021