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NIDA Releases Companion Guide to HBO's 'Addiction' Series
February 14, 2007

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has released a layman's guide to alcohol and other drug addiction to complement the new HBO documentary series "Addiction," which premieres in Washington, D.C., this week.

"Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction" is a 30-page booklet that provides an overview of the science supporting the concept of addiction as a brain disease. Information on prevention and treatment also is included.

"Thanks to science, our views and our responses to drug abuse have changed dramatically, but many people today still do not understand why people become addicted to drugs or how drugs change the brain to foster compulsive drug abuse," said NIDA Director Nora D. Volkow. "This booklet aims to fill that knowledge gap by providing scientific information about the disease of drug addiction in language that is easily understandable to the public."
 
An online version of the booklet is posted at the NIDA website; PDF and print copies also are available.
 

COMMENTS ON THIS ARTICLE:

Posted by holly stafford on 03 Mar 08 07:32 PM EST
im an alcoholic and read all available leterature out there. its also informative for the non-addicted to read and be informed and able to understand that it is a desease and illness. thank you holly

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