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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§285o Purpose of Institute

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 15 — national institute on drug abuse › § 285o

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Operate and fund research, training, and health information to prevent drug abuse and to help treat people who use drugs. The work covers why drug abuse happens and its mental, physical, social, and economic effects. The Institute must pay special attention to drug problems among women, especially pregnant women. The Director must work with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to guide services research and share results with health workers and the public.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §285o

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2007—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–482 struck out subsec. (d) which related to authorization of appropriations and allocation for health services research. 1992—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 102–352 inserted “other than section 285o–4 of this title,” after “this subpart,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2007 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 109–482 applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see section 109 of Pub. L. 109–482, set out as a note under section 281 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1992 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 102–352 effective immediately upon effectuation of amendment made by Pub. L. 102–321, see section 3(1) of Pub. L. 102–352, set out as a note under section 285n of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of Pub. L. 102–321, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1992 Amendment note under section 236 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 285o

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110