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Previously Unknown Natural Mechanism Controls Cocaine Use
July 7, 2010 — Scientists have found that a particular type of genetic material plays a key role in determining vulnerability to cocaine addiction and may offer an entirely new direction for the development of ... > full story -
Combining Sex and Drugs Reduces Rock and Roll
July 6, 2010 — Sharing a bottle of red wine may seem like the best recipe for a romantic interlude. However, the evening may not turn out as planned, according to a new study, which evaluated the effect of a wide ... > full story -
Addiction: A Loss of Plasticity of the Brain?
June 24, 2010 — Why is it that only some drug users become addicts?Researchers have just discovered that the transition to addiction could result from a persistent impairment of synaptic plasticity in a key ... > full story -
Ignoring Stress Leads Recovering Addicts to More Cravings
June 23, 2010 — Recovering addicts who avoid coping with stress succumb easily to substance use cravings, making them more likely to relapse during recovery, according to behavioral ... > full story -
New Therapy for Cocaine Toxicity: Enzyme Break Downs Cocaine Into Inactive Products Nearly 1,000 Times Faster Than Human Body Does
April 26, 2010 — Researchers have developed and tested a modified enzyme that can break down cocaine into inactive products nearly 1,000 times faster than the human body does regularly. The engineered enzyme, called ... > full story -
Crack and Cocaine Use a Significant HIV Risk Factor for Teens
March 31, 2010 — Teens with a history of crack or cocaine use are significantly more likely to engage in unprotected sex than youth who have never used these drugs, putting themselves at increased risk for HIV, ... > full story -
Compulsive Eating Shares Addictive Biochemical Mechanism With Cocaine, Heroin Abuse, Study Shows
March 28, 2010 — In a newly published study, scientists have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into ... > full story -
12 Year Olds More Likely to Use Potentially Deadly Inhalants Than Cigarettes or Marijuana
March 12, 2010 — More 12 year olds have used potentially lethal inhalants than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, according to new ... > full story -
Cocaine-Related Deaths Rise in Warm Weather, Study Finds
March 2, 2010 — Researchers in the United States have discovered that accidental overdose deaths involving cocaine rise when the average weekly ambient temperature passes 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees ... > full story -
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure Not Severely Damaging to Growth, Learning, Study Suggests
March 1, 2010 — Children exposed to cocaine in the womb face serious consequences from the drug, but surprisingly not in certain critical physical and cognitive areas such as growth, IQ, academic achievement and ... > full story
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