Jun 17, 2025 · Highlights Substance use disorders are chronic, treatable disorders that affect a person’s brain and behaviors, but from which people can recover. There are safe, effective …

Jul 6, 2020 · Can addiction be treated successfully? Yes, addiction is a treatable disorder. Research on the science of addiction and the treatment of substance use disorders has led to …

Feb 24, 2023 · Addiction Treatment In 2021, approximately 43.7 million people aged 12 or older (15.6% of the population) needed substance use treatment in the past year. However, only …

Mar 18, 2025 · It can pose a barrier to seeking and entering treatment and perpetuate stigma and shame at treatment setbacks. By the same token, reduction of substance use has important …

Published in 2014, this report offered health professionals and other stakeholders information on principles of effective drug addiction treatment, answers to frequently asked questions, an …

Sep 26, 2024 · Co-occurring conditions are mental disorders or other health conditions that a person has at the same time. These may interact with each other, affecting a person’s …

Jan 8, 2025 · Preventing drug use and addiction The brain undergoes continuous development from the prenatal period through young adulthood, and substance exposures and myriad other …

Substance use disorders may progress differently for women than for men. Women often have a shorter history of using certain substances such as cocaine, 155 opioids, 42 marijuana, …

Feb 15, 2023 · Treatment with methadone or buprenorphine reduces the rates of preterm delivery, low birth weight, and placental abruption. Treatment also helps people with substance use …

NIDA's mission is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health. NIDA is one of the …