News tagged with cocaine addiction

Despite the risks, mephedrone users in the UK are ready to try the next legal high

Since mephedrone was made illegal in the UK in 2010, the street price of the drug has risen while the quality has degraded, which in turn may have reduced use of the drug. New research published online today reveals that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research helping combat drug addiction

(Medical Xpress) -- Better help with battling drug addiction could be at hand as a result of research underway at Victoria University of Wellington.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How the brain puts the brakes on the negative impact of cocaine

Research published by Cell Press in the January 12 issue of the journal Neuron provides fascinating insight into a newly discovered brain mechanism that limits the rewarding impact of cocaine. The study describes protective delaye ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

EU drugs watchdog warns of 'legal highs' surge

The rapid emergence of synthetic new drugs, often sold online as "legal highs," represents a significant challenge for policy makers in the coming decade, a European Union drugs agency said Tuesday.

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created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coke addicts prefer money in hand to snowy future

When a research team asked cocaine addicts to choose, hypothetically, between money now or cocaine of greater value later, "preference was almost exclusively for the money now," said Warren K., Bickel, professor in the Virginia ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Research offers hope for treatment of cocaine addiction

New discoveries by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) offer potential for development of a first-ever pharmacological treatment for cocaine addiction.

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Abnormal brain structure linked to chronic cocaine abuse

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified abnormal brain structures in the frontal lobe of cocaine users' brains which are linked to their compulsive cocaine-using behaviour. Their findings were published ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers argue 'addiction' a poor way to understand the normal use of drugs

A new review from UK and German researchers claims that the vast majority of people who routinely use drugs are using them to achieve their goals and cope better with the stresses of modern life.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 8

Vaccine blocks cocaine high in mice

Researchers have produced a lasting anti-cocaine immunity in mice by giving them a safe vaccine that combines bits of the common cold virus with a particle that mimics cocaine.

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created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hope for treatment of cocaine addiction

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two separate discoveries by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) offer potential for development of a first-ever pharmacological treatment for cocaine addiction.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts urge making cigarettes non-addictive a research priority

After a major review of scientific information, six leading tobacco research and policy experts have concluded that a nicotine reduction strategy should be an urgent research priority because of its potential to profoundly ...

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created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cincinnati researchers conducting clinical trial of cocaine vaccine

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are conducting a clinical trial for a vaccine designed to treat cocaine addiction by preventing the drug from entering the brain, thus reducing its pleasurable effects.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Why the craving for cocaine won't go away

People who have used cocaine run a great risk of becoming addicted, even after long drug-free periods. Now researchers at Linköping University and their colleagues can point to a specific molecule in the brain as a possible ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain mechanism linked to relapse after cocaine withdrawal

Addictive drugs are known to induce changes in the brain's reward circuits that may underlie drug craving and relapse after long periods of abstinence. Now, new research, published by Cell Press in the September 9 issue of ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ritalin improves brain function, task performance in cocaine abusers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain-scanning study shows Ritalin improves impaired brain function in people addicted to cocaine, implying it could play a role in facilitating recovery from addiction.

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