Zap a Cocaine Addiction With Lasers?

Zap a cocaine addiction with lasers?
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For people and lab rats alike, a compulsive cocaine addiction can dull activity in the prefrontal cortex, a brain region thought to be important for impulse control and decision making. In the new study, scientists used genetic engineering to transform … Read more on CBS News

50 years in jail for 'biggest' Scots drug gang
Filed under: cocaine addiction history
This was the case with James Mangan, 54, who was jailed for seven years and four months after being found in possession of £1m of cocaine, but who was not arrested at the first opportunity. “He was seen handing over drugs to the person who was then … Read more on Scotsman

Godolphin doping scandal threat to horse racing
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The incident is doubly embarrassing for the Sheikh, who has always been vocal in his opposition to drugs, as this year his representative pulled out of the Breeders' Cup in the US over its decision to allow the use of the anti-bleeding drug Lasix on … Read more on Scotsman (blog)