PhD in Neuroscience - Neuroscience of Drug Abuse and Addiction in Minneapolis United States | University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Substance addiction presents a widespread and escalating challenge across the United States. It facilitates the spread of HIV/AIDS and other illnesses through unsafe drug practices, while imposing an annual economic burden exceeding $116 billion in healthcare expenses, reduced workplace efficiency, and premature mortality. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (2015) reports that illicit substance abuse, alcohol misuse, and tobacco consumption collectively drain $700 billion yearly from society through criminal activity, diminished work output, and medical expenditures. Once viewed primarily as a social ill, addiction is now recognized as having significant neurological foundations. Notably, a quarter of faculty members in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience are currently involved in fundamental and applied addiction research.