NIDA’s 50th Anniversary: Where Addiction Science Stands Now and the Four Priorities Shaping 2025

A Turning Point in a Half-Century Fight Against Addiction As the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) marked its 50th anniversary in 2024, the agency reflected on major scientific progress and shifts in national drug trends. In her January 8, 2025 reflection, Director Nora D. Volkow wrote in the NIDA blog that “from July 2023 […]