National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

FY 2025 Budget Justification

Harmful and underage college drinking are significant public health problems, and they exact an enormous toll on the intellectual and social lives of students on campuses across the United States. Drinking at college has become a ritual that students often see as an integral part of their higher education experience. Many students come to college with established drinking habits, and the college environment can exacerbate the problem.

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a medical condition characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences. It encompasses the conditions that some people refer to as alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, alcohol addiction, and the colloquial term, alcoholism. Considered a brain disorder, AUD can be mild, moderate, or severe. Lasting changes...

The first 6 weeks of freshman year are a vulnerable time for harmful and underage college drinking and alcohol-related consequences because of student expectations and social pressures at the start of the academic year. Research shows that students who abstain from drinking often do so because their parents discussed alcohol use and its adverse consequences with them.

Prevalence of Past-Year Alcohol Use Treatment People Ages 12 and Older According to the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2.2 million people ages 12 and older who had alcohol use disorder (AUD) in the past year (7.6% of people with past-year AUD in this age group) received alcohol use treatment in the past year. 1,2 This...

Años de vida ajustados por discapacidad ( disability-adjusted life years ): Una medida de los años de vida perdidos o vividos con menos de una salud plena. Consumo de alcohol en altas cantidades ( high-intensity drinking ): El consumo de alcohol a niveles que son dos o más veces superiores a los umbrales de consumo excesivo y peligroso de alcohol...

Revised October 2023 Opportunities by Education Level Key to understanding the complex world of NIH Funding is mastering the different types of funding mechanisms. This page provides information on the different training and career development grants broken out by their funding mechanism (K, F or T). The information below is focused on NIH training programs in which the National Institute...

January 29, 2024

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Alcohol Research: Current Reviews ( ARCR ), an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health . While the journal has evolved over time, the mission remains unchanged. ARCR is committed to making relevant scientific developments accessible to alcohol researchers and other...