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New Anti-Cocaine Vaccine in the Works

Scientists have established a drug that successfully stops cocaine from reaching the brain, according to new research in monkeys. The study, printed in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, shows that the vaccine works by eating “up the cocaine in the blood like a little Pac-man before it can reach the brain,” study researcher Dr. Ronald G. Crystal, . . . . Continue Reading


Cocaine Rehab for Women in Florida

Cocaine is a Schedule II controlled substance; it is an illicit drug with limited medical use. Cocaine is a local anesthetic. It is applied to certain areas of the body to cause numbness for minor medical procedures. Cocaine can cause psychological dependence, which leads to cocaine abuse and to an increased chance of serious side . . . . Continue Reading


How addiction affects the family

Families where addiction is present are oftentimes painful to live in, which is why those who live with addiction may become traumatized to varying degrees by the experience. Broad swings, from one end of the emotional, psychological and behavioral spectrum to the other, all too often characterize the addicted family system.


How Alcohol and Drugs Affect Fertility

alcohol and drugs can affect your fertility. Though you may not have realized it, drugs including steroids, alcohol, and tobacco, can have a very negative on both the male and female reproductive systems.


Women and Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine is a drug that can cause severe problems in the life of anyone who uses it and that includes women. And unfortunately for women, the rates of methamphetamine use are much higher than for other classes of drugs.


Addiction and Sex Workers

Unfortunately addiction can lead to sex working or in other words prostitution, hooking, stripping etc. Some sex workers use drugs to numb themselves in order to continue working. Others turn to sex working as a last resort to score drug money for an ongoing drug addiction


The Power of Vulnerability: Christina Huffington Shares Her Story of Addiction and Recovery

The daughter of Arianna Huffington, Christina, recently wrote a piece to share that she is a cocaine addict in recovery. She said that personal issues including her parents’ divorce sent her searching for solace and she found it in cocaine use and abuse. Said Christina: “One line erased my doubts, my fears and my insecurities. . . . . Continue Reading


Denzel Washington Talks Whitney Houston, Toughest Part of Addiction

Denzel Washington has always been an elusive Hollywood star, but a year after his friend, Whitney Houston, passed due to issues related to drug overdose, he has spoken out about her problems with drugs and the dangers of addiction in general


Cocaine Abuse Linked to Brain Aging

A new study out, however, says that chronic cocaine use can speed up the aging process of the brain, an issue that affects both quality of life and life span.


The Effect of Cocaine Abuse and Addiction on Pregnancy

Cocaine is a very strong drug, a stimulant that affects the central nervous system whether it is smoked, injected, or snorted. Though women have a three to five percent chance of giving birth to a child with a birth defect in any given pregnancy, according to the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, that chance increases . . . . Continue Reading


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