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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE · SUBCHAPTER III— NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES · § 285o

§ 285o. Purpose of Institute

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(a)In general The general purpose of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the “Institute”) is the conduct and support of biomedical and behavioral research, health services research, research training, and health information dissemination with respect to the prevention of drug abuse and the treatment of drug abusers.
(b)Research program The research program established under this subpart shall encompass the social, behavioral, and biomedical etiology, mental and physical health consequences, and social and economic consequences of drug abuse. In carrying out the program, the Director of the Institute shall give special consideration to projects relating to drug abuse among women (particularly with respect to pregnant women).
(c)Collaboration The Director of the Institute shall collaborate with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in focusing the services research activities of the Institute and in disseminating the results of such research to health professionals and the general public.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 464L, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title I, § 123(a), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 360; amended Pub. L. 102–352, § 2(a)(3), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 103(b)(33), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3688.)
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  • July 1, 1944, ch. 373
  • Pub. L. 102–321, title I, § 123(a)
  • 106 Stat. 360
  • Pub. L. 102–352, § 2(a)(3)
  • 106 Stat. 938
  • Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 103(b)(33)
  • 120 Stat. 3688
  • Pub. L. 109–482
  • Pub. L. 102–352
  • section 109 of Pub. L. 109–482
  • Pub. L. 102–321
  • section 3(1) of Pub. L. 102–352
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§ 285o
Purpose of Institute
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ActJuly 1, 1944, ch. 373
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–321, title I, § 123(a)
Stat.106 Stat. 360
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–352, § 2(a)(3)
Stat.106 Stat. 938
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