Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

Amount

$684,807.00

Award Date

8/14/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Opioid abuse and dependence are growing public health problems in the United States. While rates of heroin use have remained fairly stable over the past several years, abuse and dependence on prescription opioids have shown sharp increases over the past d