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Breath Study Brings Roadside Drug Testing Closer
April 25, 2013 — A group of researchers from Sweden have provided further evidence that illegal drugs can be detected in the breath, opening up the possibility of a roadside breathalyzer test to detect substances ... > full story -
Mephedrone Boosts Illegal Drug Use
April 22, 2013 — Experienced clubbers are more likely to add the former ‘legal high’ mephedrone to their drug repertoires rather than use it to replace popular established club drugs such as ecstasy and ... > full story -
Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
April 3, 2013 — By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers have shown that they can wipe away addictive behavior in rats -- or conversely turn non-addicted rats into compulsive cocaine ... > full story -
Discovery Could Yield Treatment for Cocaine Addicts
March 15, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a molecular process in the brain triggered by cocaine use that could provide a target for treatments to prevent or reverse addiction to the ... > full story -
Cocaine Addiction Study Reveals Targets for Treatment
February 13, 2013 — Scientists are researching cocaine addiction, part of a widespread problem, which, along with other addictions, costs billions of dollars in damage to individuals, families, and society. Laboratory ... > full story -
New Technology Gives Doctors an Important Diagnostic Tool
February 6, 2013 — When cocaine producers began using an inexpensive medication, levamisole, to dilute the cocaine to boost their profits, their customers were showing up in hospital emergency rooms with serious skin ... > full story -
Disulfiram: New Support for an Old Addiction Drug
January 31, 2013 — Disulfiram was the first medication approved for the treatment of alcoholism over 50 years ago. It works, at least in part, by preventing the metabolism of an alcohol by-product, acetaldehyde. High ... > full story -
Gene Interactions Make Cocaine Abuse Death Eight Times More Likely
January 22, 2013 — Scientists have identified genetic circumstances under which common mutations on two genes interact in the presence of cocaine to produce a nearly eight-fold increased risk of death as a result of ... > full story -
People With Low Risk for Cocaine Dependence Have Differently Shaped Brain to Those With Addiction
January 17, 2013 — People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who developed cocaine-dependence, researchers have ... > full story -
Drug Abuse Impairs Sexual Performance in Men Even After Rehabilitation
January 17, 2013 — Alcohol is the drug that most affects sexual arousal (erectile capacity), according to new research. In addition, researchers observed that men did not improve their sexual performance when they ... > full story
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