National Institute on Drug Abuse: Institute Update

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National Institute on Drug AbuseInstitute Update

• Lucinda L. Miner, Ph.D.
• Deputy Director
• Office of Science Policy and Communications
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Institutes of Health
• Department of Health and Human Services

2007 NIDA International Forum Technological
Innovations to Build International Research
Capacity Québec City, Canada June 16, 2007
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Addiction
Medical
NEUROTOXICITY OBESITY AIDS CANCERMENTAL ILLNESS
DRUGS
Economic
Social
HEALTH CARE COSTS PRODUCTIVITY
LOSS ACCIDENTS
HOMELESSNESS CRIME VIOLENCE
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NIDA Research
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NIDA BUDGET
(Thousands)
2007C.R.
2008P.B.
2005Actual
2006Actual
693,282
698,976
699,908 300,457 1,000,365 0.1
699,852 300,162 1,000,014
NonAIDS
313,137
299,882
AIDS
1,006,419
998,858
TOTAL
Increase Over Prior Year
1.2
-0.8
0.1
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Priority Areas for NIDA
Prevention Research adolescent brain development
genetic and epigenetic factors
social neuroscience prescription opioid abuse
and pain
Treatment Interventions new pharmacotherapies
behavioral tx pilot clinical trials for
substance related disorders prescription opioid
abuse and pain
HIV/AIDS Research
non-injection drug abuse African Americans
Trans-NIH Initiatives NIH Roadmap NIH
Neuroscience Blueprint
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Source Monitoring the Future Study, 2006
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Issues of Concern Past Year Nonmedical Use of
OxyContin and Vicodin Remains High
Nearly 1 in 10 Seniors Have Abused Vicodin
12.0
10.5
9.7
9.5
9.6
10.0
9.3
8.0
6.0
Percent of 12th Graders
5.5
5.0

4.5
4.3
4.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
OxyContin
Vicodin
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Significant decline between 2005 and 2006
Source Monitoring the Future Study, 2006
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2006 Monitoring the Future Study
Prevalence of Past Year Drug Use Among 12th
graders
Nonmedical use
Source Monitoring the Future Study, 2006
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Drug Abuse HIV/AIDS are Co-Occurring,
Intertwined Epidemics
DRUG ABUSE
HIV/AIDS
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A Large Portion of AIDS Deaths Are Related to
Drug Abuse
In 2001, nearly 40 of all AIDS deaths were
linked to injection drug use. In 2005 36 of AIDS
deaths were linked to injection drug use.
Source CDC, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2005,
Vol. 17
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Where Do We Need to Go From Here?
Continue to
Advance the SCIENCE
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