Cocaine Abuse

Czech Customs Seize Heroin Shipment Worth $37 Million

Czech Customs Seize Heroin Shipment Worth Million
Filed under: cocaine abuse addiction and effects
… Necas said it likely won't lead to a decrease in drug use, but rather may exacerbate the current shortage of heroin on Europe's black market, drive up prices and could have the adverse effect of leading to a minor increase in crime as addicts look … Read more on Wall Street Journal

 

Tim Hudak's low-wage agenda is hiding in plain sight
Filed under: cocaine abuse addiction and effects
It is the sort of cagey claim that is reminiscent of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's now notorious statement: “I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine.” Of course, Mayor Ford was intentionally deceiving voters about his drug habits … Read more on Toronto Star

 

Bill to Allow Medicinal Use of Cannabis Oil on Horizon

Bill to allow medicinal use of cannabis oil on horizon
Filed under: gastrointestinal effects cocaine abuse
The debate at the Capitol on medicinal marijuana has ramped up in recent years, but Denton, R-Louisville, said the oils dealt with in her legislation lack the psychoactive effects of marijuana. The medicinal oils would only be available at University … Read more on State-Journal.com

 

Caffeine use disorder: It's real, and it warrants more attention
Filed under: gastrointestinal effects cocaine abuse
Four researchers, including Steven Meredith and Roland Griffiths from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, co-authored an article in September's Journal of Caffeine Research that argues "caffeine is the most commonly used drug in the world … Read more on The Hub at Johns Hopkins

 

What Do You Know About Crack Cocaine?

Question by annjilena: what do you know about crack cocaine?
i know somone just died with the pipe in her mouth,

Best answer:

Answer by charitydowling
my cousin was on it and it ruined his life. He pawned everything he had, stole from everyone, his wife left him.

Answer by punkagent96
My dad died of it some years ago. He said to me to never ever try any drugs. (n) Eh.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

 

 

LETTER: Truth about drugs the right approach
Filed under: nida cocaine abuse addiction
More than three decades of research supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) prove that addiction is a complex brain disease. Most addiction research agrees that the cause of addiction occurs in the midbrain and involves the dysfunction … Read more on Journal Gazette and Times-Courier

Cocaine…..is It Really That Bad?

Question by Blunt: Cocaine…..is it really that bad?
I don’t think so. It made me concentrate alot and i was not all crazy and craap. Its addictive, yes, and expensive after awhile, but i wasn’t doing or wanting to do stupid things. I just couldn’t stop thinking or talking. Have you done it?

Best answer:

Answer by George
Cocaine is bad health wise, with enough abuse one can overdose, which can cause a heart attack or hemorrhage. With regular abuse over a long period of time cocaine can lead to heart problems, strokes and even paranoia.

When cocaine is used “moderation” and not doing large amounts, like once a month, having breaks every now and then, and about 2 grams each time, it is harmless to most people, both short and long run.

Jailed Sanford Mother Had Overcome Life of Drugs, Poverty, Violence to Get

Jailed Sanford mother had overcome life of drugs, poverty, violence to get
Filed under: cocaine history use abuse
She, her mother and longtime boyfriend have been arrested on drug charges, and her brother, Harry Lee Flowers, spent 10 years in state prison on a variety of charges that included cocaine possession and armed robbery. In 1991, her mother, Kathryn Fryer … Read more on Orlando Sentinel

 

New Technique For Mapping Gene Activity Reveals How Cells Interact (VIDEO)
Filed under: cocaine history use abuse
Researchers could either grind up a hunk of tissue and catalogue all the RNAs they found there, or use fluorescent markers to track the expression of up to 30 RNAs inside each cell of a tissue sample. The latest technique maps up to thousands of RNAs. Read more on Huffington Post

 

Cumberland County DA: Two Arrests Made, 1365 Bags of Heroin Confiscated in

Cumberland County DA: Two arrests made, 1365 bags of heroin confiscated in
Filed under: complications from cocaine abuse
Freed said more and more heroin deaths happen because of the prevalence of the drug, as well as addicts needing more and more for the desired effects. He said … Stretched budgets also add a complication to investigating these types of incidents, he said. Read more on The Sentinel

 

Study Claims to Have Found First Ever Deaths Caused by Marijuana
Filed under: complications from cocaine abuse
After exclusion of other causes of death we assume that the young men experienced fatal cardiovascular complications evoked by smoking cannabis," the scientists write in the alarmingly-titled "Sudden unexpected death under acute influence of cannabis … Read more on PolicyMic