42 USC § 285o - Purpose of Institute

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s285o"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 285o - Purpose of Institute"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "285o"
section_name: "Purpose of Institute"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(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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# § 285o. Purpose of Institute

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (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.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2007—Subsec. (d).  struck out subsec. (d) which related to authorization of appropriations and allocation for health services research.

1992—Subsec. (d)(1).  inserted “other than section 285–4 of this title,” after “this subpart,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable only with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2007 or subsequent fiscal years, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by  effective immediately upon effectuation of amendment made by , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , with provision for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of , set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under .