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For help with a drug problem, call 1-800-662-HELP or go to: www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov

What is NIDA?

The National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA] has been one of the world's largest research organization for more than 28 years on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. As part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health, they support and conduct research and then distribute the findings to policy makers and educational, prevention, and treatment programs.

For more information, check out their Web site: www.drugabuse.gov


From Scholastic and the Scientists of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services