Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Drug Counselors Overdose at Addiction Facility [View all]Stuart G
(38,726 posts)It answers a lot of questions on drug abuse.
It is the... National Institute on Drug Addiction.
Here is who this is...
What does the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) do?
NIDA is a federal scientific research institute under the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. ....NIDA is the largest supporter of the world's research on drug use and addiction...... NIDA-funded scientific research addresses the most fundamental and essential questions about drug use, including tracking emerging drug use trends, understanding how drugs work in the brain and body, developing and testing new drug treatment and prevention approaches, and disseminating findings to the general public, researchers, policymakers, and others.
________________________________________________________________________________________
I never heard of them...but guess who owns this Institute?...taxpayers of the United States of America..It is a federal research institute ...under National Intitue of Health, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services..The U.S. government...and..........................if you have questions about drug addiction...hit the link, these people do the research, and they have some answers...ALSO;.. this one is not out to make money..it does not want your money...it gets its money from several sources..you can ask it that if you want...
I get the feeling from reading a little, they are really out to understand the problem and help others..
https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/frequently-asked-questions#addicted