Cocaine Addiction

I became a coke dealer to fund addiction to legal highs
The Scottish Sun
A TROUBLED teen told last night how he started dealing cocaine to fund his nightmare addiction to LEGAL HIGHS. The youth — who we agreed to identify only as Jake — got hooked on the dangerous synthetic drugs after taking a free sample aged just 15.

Toronto Star
Crack cocaine's addictive allure takes effect within seconds
Toronto Star
Not everyone who gets a euphoric response will become addicted, Weiss said. Addiction is less likely for a person who is well-adjusted, happy, has a good job, family and coping skills, has diverse ways of receiving pleasure and can delay gratification.

Medical Daily
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Allegedly Smoked Crack Cocaine: What Are the ...
Medical Daily
Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been accused of crack cocaine abuse. While there is no evidence aside from an unreleased video, the politician has a history of aggressive and erratic behavior that fits certain symptoms of addiction. By Ashik Siddique | May ...
10 Politicians Who've Puffed, Puffed & Passed Drugs In Their Lifetime (LIST)Global Grind
Gawker appeals for $200000 to buy video of Toronto mayor 'smoking crack ...The Drum
Rob Ford crack cocaine scandal: Will Ford Nation desert him?MetroNews Canada
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Scientists Use Genetics, Lasers To Cure Cocaine Addiction
Latinos Post
Researchers at Michigan State Univesity identified in March another region of the brain that seems to be overwhelmingly affected by cocaine: the nucleus accumbens. The nucleus accumbens is located closer to the middle of the brain (while the prefrontal ...

Neuroscience research focuses on cocaine addiction
Marquette Tribune
Wheeler's research focused on behavior and its effects on animals in relation to substance abusers. His goal was to discover the motivation behind cocaine addiction. “My research focuses on examining how such mood states are processed in the brain, and ...

Is this the end of the cocaine high?
Daily Beast
A cure for cocaine addicts? It sounds like a shot in the dark, but scientists are close to testing a vaccine on humans following successful primate trials. In 2008, Dr. Ronald Crystal came across a copy of Newsweek with the coverline: “The Hunt for an ...

Medical Daily
Chuck Muncie dies at 60; Saints and Chargers running back
Los Angeles Times
Chuck Muncie, a star running back with the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers who overcame a cocaine habit that ended his career and then devoted his later life to helping others avoid drug abuse, has died. He was 60. Muncie died Monday of ...
Chuck Muncie Dies: Former Saints Running Back Who Fought Drug Abuse, Dies ...Medical Daily
Bell: Winslow recalls how Muncie transformed own life - USA TodayUSA TODAY
Ex-Charger Chuck Muncie dies at 60U-T San Diego
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Laser lights to brain may help shut off addiction: Discoveries
Plain Dealer
Researchers with the National Institutes of Health, the Ernest Gallo Clinic and the Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, successfully used optogenetics to cure cocaine addiction in rats by stimulating the prefrontal cortex, a ...

A New Vaccine Eats Cocaine "Like Pac-Man" to Kick Addiction - Gizmodo
Gizmodo
Of course, until we do run human trials, we'll have no real idea of how effective the vaccine would be nor how often it would need to be administered. But for cocaine addicts dedicated to breaking the vicious cycle of withdrawal and relapse, these ...

iScienceTimes.com
Anti-Cocaine Vaccine May Be Cure For Addicts; How Does It Prevent The Drug ...
iScienceTimes.com
"We believe this strategy is a win-win for those individuals, among the estimated 1.4 million cocaine users in the United States, who are committed to breaking their addiction to the drug. Even if a person who receives the anti-cocaine vaccine falls ...

RT
Anti-cocaine vaccine to be tested on humans
RT
Cocaine addicts may soon have a 'cure' for their unhealthy dependence: researchers have successfully created a vaccine that prevents cocaine particles from reaching the brain and inducing feelings of euphoria, thereby helping users break their addiction.
Cocaine Addiction May Be Successfully Blocked with VaccineCounsel & Heal
Anti-cocaine vaccine eats up drug 'like a little Pac-Man'Wired.co.uk
Cocaine Vaccine Could Block High, Save HollywoodLA Weekly (blog)

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Cocaine vaccine that uses cold virus clears key hurdle
Times of India
LONDON: A vaccine against cocaine addiction has passed a key testing hurdle. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York have successfully tested their novel vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials.

Raw Story
Anti-cocaine vaccine research edges closer to human trials
Raw Story
“We believe this strategy is a win-win for those individuals, among the estimated 1.4 million cocaine users in the United States, who are committed to breaking their addiction to the drug. Even if a person who receives the anti-cocaine vaccine falls ...
Anti-Cocaine Vaccine Blocks Effects Of The Drug: A StudyNature World News
Anti-cocaine vaccine may be almost ready for prime timeWorld Science

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Medical Daily
Cocaine Vaccine For Addiction Works In Animal Trials - Humans Next
Medical Daily
Cocaine addiction is a problem affecting more than one million Americans, leading them to physical and financial ruin. But a new hope is in the works to prevent addicts from falling off the wagon. Researchers at Weill Cornell medical College in New ...

Biotie Announces Start of Clinical Study With Nepicastat (SYN117) in Cocaine ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
Like many other addictions, cocaine dependence is driven by dysregulation in the dopamine-reward system. Inhibition of DBH by nepicastat increases levels of dopamine, which may reduce craving for cocaine, and reduces the levels of norepinephrine, which ...

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Cocaine Addiction Treatment and Cocaine Rehab Announced by Recovery ...
Houston Chronicle
These health situations related to cocaine abuse result from progressive use and its addictive nature. Whether a person calls it “coke” or “blow,” the bottom line is that cocaine is a dangerous drug. If a person hooked on cocaine wants to do something ...

Biotie Announces Start of Clinical Study With Nepicastat (SYN117) in Cocaine ...
Marketwire (press release)
Biotie Therapies today announced the start of a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating nepicastat (SYN117) in cocaine dependence. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the US National Institutes of Health is funding the conduct of the study under a ...

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PR Web (press release)
Cocaine Addiction Treatment and Cocaine Rehab Announced by Recovery ...
PR Web (press release)
Research provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse indicates that cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. Cocaine's effects can cause its user to feel euphoric and ...

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Brooke Mueller Hospitalized For Prescription Drug Abuse, Rep Confirms
Huffington Post
Robin Williams. The comedian overcame a cocaine addiction, but headed back to rehab after 20 years of sobriety in 2006 to address his issues with alcohol. Fergie. The Black Eyed Peas singer kicked a crystal meth and ecstasy habit. Heath Ledger ...

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SportsGrid
Former MLB OF Otis Nixon arrested, charged with crack cocaine possession
SportingNews.com
... Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Minnesota Twins. During his playing days, he battled a cocaine addiction that resulted in a 1987 arrest and a 1991 60-day suspension from baseball. Share Your Comment ...
Former MLB's Otis Nixon Arrested With Crack Pipes And Rocks?News One
These Photos Of Otis Nixon Only 14 Years Apart Remind Us Drugs Are A BitchSportsGrid
Former Atlanta Brave Otis Nixon Claims Crack Belonged To Son - Cinema BlendCinema Blend

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