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#3 National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, Shatter the Myths. Emily Jones, PhD, NIDA, NIH.

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September 16, 2019 / The NIDA Blog Team

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How do people use tobacco and nicotine? People can smoke, sniff, chew, or inhale the vapors of tobacco and nicotine products. Some products that you smoke: cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes hookahs. Smokeless products: chewing tobacco, snuff (ground tobacco that can be sniffed or put between your check and gums), dip (wet snuff that is chewed), snus (small pouch of wet snuff).

The Problem(s) With Nicotine

June 24, 2019 / The NIDA Blog Team

E-cigarettes and tobacco products contain an addictive drug called nicotine, which makes it very hard to stop using them.

Myth or Fact? “Addiction Is a Choice"

June 17, 2019 / The NIDA Blog Team

Addiction is a brain disease. It’s not a choice, and it’s not a weakness. Drugs can change how the brain works, and those changes can last for a long time.

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Plan Your Activity for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®: Become a CSI Agent!

June 10, 2019 / The NIDA Blog Team

Need activity ideas for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week? Check out this game: teams conduct a crime scene investigation (CSI) and see who can solve the mystery first.

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Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Room

June 03, 2019 / The NIDA Blog Team

Opioid use disorder is a complex problem. Emergency room doctors can save the life of someone with OUD by reversing an opioid overdose and addressing the longer-term problem of addiction.

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You Said It: “I Know Someone Who Started Smoking and Wishes They Could Quit”

May 20, 2019 / The NIDA Blog Team

If you know someone who wants to quit smoking, you can help by listening without judgment and sharing some of these facts with your friend.

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