http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/National_Institute_on_Drug_AbuseFind stories, videos, and photos about National Institute on Drug Abuse from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:43:33 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/National_Institute_on_Drug_Abuse14433Find stories, videos, and photos about National Institute on Drug Abuse from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/09/11/magazines/fortune/medical_marijuana_legalizing.fortune/index.htmWhen Irvin Rosenfeld, 56, picks me up at the Fort Lauderdale airport, his SUV reeks of marijuana. The vice president for sales at a local brokerage firm, Rosenfeld has been smoking 10 to 12 marijuana cigarettes a day for 38 years, he says.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/12/zeppala.addiction.painkillers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/12/zeppala.addiction.painkillers/index.html#cnnSTCTextPrescribed opioids -- pain medication -- have become the fastest-growing addiction problem in the United States. They are second to marijuana as the most commonly used illicit substances.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/government.marijuana.garden/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/government.marijuana.garden/index.html#cnnSTCTextHere, in what could be called the Fort Knox of dope, Mahmoud ElSohly waits patiently as an assistant unlocks the stainless steel door to a climate-controlled vault.Mon, 18 May 2009 20:11:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1811307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1811307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA blood test may one day be able to predict how a smoker will respond to two popular methods of kicking the habitMon, 02 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/09/depression.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/09/depression.marijuana/index.html#cnnSTCTextTeenagers who use marijuana put themselves at higher risks for serious mental health problems, including worsening depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and suicide, according to a new White House report.Fri, 09 May 2008 23:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/20/meth.ecstasy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/20/meth.ecstasy/index.html#cnnSTCTextNick, 16, says ecstasy is rampant in his high school, with kids often mixing the drug with meth and other substances.Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:17:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1701864,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1701864,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn experimental vaccine may help cocaine addicts break the cycle of dependency. Other addiction vaccines could followWed, 09 Jan 2008 20:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663204,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1663204,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs police and lawmakers continue the fight against substance abuse, researchers are working on new ways to gauge America's addictionsTue, 18 Sep 2007 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/13/Dobbs.Feb14/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/13/Dobbs.Feb14/index.htmlWe're fighting a war that is inflicting even greater casualties than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and, incredibly, costing even more money. We're losing the War on Drugs, and we've been in retreat for three decades.Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/21/drug.survey/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/21/drug.survey/index.htmlSlightly fewer adolescents abused illegal drugs and alcohol in 2006, but fairly high numbers of them continued to abuse prescription narcotics, according to a new study.Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/16/youth.inhalants/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/03/16/youth.inhalants/index.htmlKids who try to get high by sniffing glue, lighter fluid and other chemicals are more likely to be white and come from families that make more than double the poverty level, according to a federal study.Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:34:00 EST