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 ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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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.
Jan 13, 2012 |
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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
Jan 11, 2012 |
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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.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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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
Aug 11, 2011 |
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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.
Jul 15, 2011 |
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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
Jun 21, 2011 |
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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.
Apr 12, 2011 |
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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.
Jan 04, 2011 |
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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
Nov 17, 2010 |
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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 ...
Oct 01, 2010 |
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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
Sep 29, 2010 |
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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
Sep 16, 2010 |
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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
Sep 08, 2010 |
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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.
Sep 07, 2010 |
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