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In 1979 the National Institute on Drug Abuse published a booklet researched and written by Schuchard.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

Slated for abolition is the National Institute for Drug Abuse, the research group at the National Institutes of Health that helped develop the nasal version of naloxone.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

The research has been supported since 1975 by the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, or NIDA, which is a part of the N.I.H.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2023

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has called such interventions “highly effective.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2022

Modern drug forfeiture laws date back to 1970, when Congress passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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