Videos: Exploring Drug Effects

Naloxone saves lives. This video reviews when naloxone is used, how it is administered, and the way it works.

NIDA explores in this video the intriguing similarities between the processes of brain development and computer programming.

NIDA's researcher discusses fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S.

NIDA scientists answer teens' questions about drugs and addiction.

Setting the record straight on common myths around drug use and addiction.  

The National Institute on Drug Abuse's research-based, informative video series "This Is NIDA," addresses the topic of OPIOIDS. 

Knowing how the brain functions helps us understand what happens during drug use.

Addiction changes the signals in your brain and makes it hard to feel OK without the drug.

Cocaine use causes a response from the brain’s reward system.

Marijuana use causes a response from the brain’s reward system.

El doctor Ruben Baler un científico del NIDA habla acerca del peligro y los efectos del abuso de los esteroides.

Addiction and compulsive drug use can be serious consequences of prescription drug abuse.

NIDA scientists play softball with young friends and talk about the safe use of prescription painkillers.

The annual survey measures teen drug, alcohol, and tobacco use and attitudes.

The health effects and dangers of smoking and nicotine are explored.

NIDA’s scientist discusses what bath salts are and how they can affect us.

NIDA interviews a book author about her research on addiction behavior and social media.

NIDA scientists create molecular tools used to research drug abuse.

Eye tracking offers clues in drugged driving research at the National Advanced Driving Simulator.