U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) <http://www.nida.nih.gov/>
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, December 8, 2010
CONTACT: NIDA Press Team, 301-443-6245, <e-mail:media@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
NEWS ADVISORY
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF 2010 MONITORING THE FUTURE SURVEY
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a press conference on Tuesday, December 14, to announce the results of its 2010 Monitoring the Future survey. The survey, funded by NIDA-part of the National Institutes of Health-tracks annual drug abuse trends of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students, including attitudes and perceived risk of specific illicit drugs. It is one of three major polling instruments the Department of Health and Human Services uses to monitor the nation's substance abuse patterns. Information from these surveys helps identify potential drug problem areas, assess whether federal drug prevention efforts are effective, and ensure that resources are targeted to areas of greatest need. For more information on the MTF survey, visit: http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/MTF.html.
WHAT:
Release of the 2010 Monitoring the Future Survey Results
WHEN:
Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045
To dial into the press conference, call: 1-800-531-3250, conference ID: 1907379.
WHO:
Featured Speakers
Nora D. Volkow, M.D.
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
R. Gil Kerlikowske
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Lloyd D. Johnston, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Follow Monitoring the Future 2010 news on Twitter at @NIDANews, or join the conversation by using: #MTF2010.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. The Institute carries out a large variety of programs to inform policy and improve practice. Fact sheets on the health effects of drugs of abuse and information on NIDA research and other activities can be found on the NIDA home page at <www.drugabuse.gov>. To order publications in English or Spanish, call NIDA's new DrugPubs research dissemination center at 1-877-NIDA-NIH or 240-645-0228 (TDD) or fax or email requests to 240-645-0227 or <e-mail:drugpubs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. Online ordering is available at <http://drugpubs.drugabuse.gov>. NIDA's new media guide can be found at <http://drugabuse.gov/mediaguide>.
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