Practice

SPR 2019 Awards Nominations

News
The Society for Prevention Research are now accepting nominations for their 2019 Awards. The deadline for nominations is Thursday, February 28, 2019. The 11 different awards are designed to recognize excellence in the areas consistent with...

College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD)

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San Antonio
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United States

The goal of the annual scientific meeting of the CPDD is to present and disseminate information about ongoing research in the biomedical, behavioural and social sciences. 

It brings together basic scientists and clinical investigators from academia, government and industry.

Addiction Journal Podcast - January 2019

Book
The Addiction Journal Podcast takes the listener through the content of the January edition of the journal, selects and discusses some of the highlights and includes interviews, which have been conducted with some of the authors.

Monitoring the Future: Teleconference Recording

Website
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Dr Nora Volkow, NIDA Director, discusses the results of the 2018 Monitoring the Future survey during a teleconference which took place on December 17, 2018. Monitoring the Future tracks drug use trends of 8th, 10th, and 12th-grade students...

Risk Factors for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Scientific article
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Recent studies carried out by researchers from Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University have examined characteristics linked with the heightened risk NAS. The researchers found that boys are more likely to receive a diagnosis of...