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Is Nicotine a ‘Gateway Drug’ for Cocaine?
Despite the differences in their legal status, both nicotine and cocaine are known for their ability to cause physical dependence and addiction. The path to dependence and addiction typically begins...
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Carl Hart: Rats Given Sweets, Playmates CAN Turn Backs on Cocaine
Research conducted by a Columbia University psychologist is turning stereotypes about drug addicts on their heads. Carl Hart, an associate professor of psychology, has been researching drug addiction...
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Do Cocaine Addicts Ever Fully Recover?
Cocaine is a plant-derived illegal stimulant known for its ability to produce addiction by altering the brain’s pleasure-producing chemical environment. Treatment specialists can potentially offset the...
View ArticleMutant Enzymes Help Break Cocaine Habit
As more information about drugs and how they affect the brain is being uncovered by researchers, greater emphasis is being placed on finding treatments that are based in sound medical fact. A recent...
View ArticleWeight-Loss Drug Topiramate Helps Keep Cocaine Addicts in Treatment
Cocaine is a powerful stimulant drug of abuse known for its potential to trigger addiction. Significant numbers of people addicted to cocaine also develop an addiction to alcohol (i.e., alcoholism). In...
View ArticleDrug Binges May Be More About Avoiding Emotional Lows
Substance addiction is the common term for a damaging pattern of drug or alcohol intake that centers on repeated cravings for continued substance use and an inability to halt use despite the presence...
View ArticleCocaine Users Lack Empathy, Are Less Social Than Non-Users
New research on cocaine users has revealed that they don’t have the same responses to social cues as non-users, deriving less “reward” from social interactions. Cocaine is the second most popular...
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Regular Cocaine Use Appears to Damage Social Skills
Often, the very problem a person is attempting to escape through substance abuse can become magnified through their habit. In the case of cocaine, a new study indicates that chronic users harm their...
View ArticleStudy Yields New Leads for Anti-Addiction Medications
Cocaine is one of the most habit-forming drugs on the illicit market. It sits up there with heroin and meth in terms of how quickly and how strongly it can hijack the brain of an abuser. With the very...
View ArticleStreet Names for Common Drugs
If you’re having a hard time keeping up with the many street names for common illegal drugs, you’re not alone. After all, they were created to confuse, divert and otherwise dodge the suspicions of law...
View ArticleEven Occasional Stimulant Abuse Alters Young Adults’ Brains
Stimulant abuse is the general term for the recreational or nonmedical use of drugs or medications that produce a pleasurable effect and speed up the normal rate of activity in the central nervous...
View ArticlePET Scan Helps Predict Success During Cocaine Treatment
There are no well-developed medication options for addressing the effects of cocaine addiction. This means that treatment for this form of addiction centers on non-medication-based therapy, including...
View ArticleBiological Triggers for Cocaine Relapse Found
When it comes to treating drug addiction, relapse is arguably the core issue. The initial detoxification phase is challenging, but the threat of relapse continues for a long time afterward, and can...
View ArticleLong-Term Cannabis Use Makes Cocaine Withdrawal Worse, Study Finds
Cannabis abuse is the term for a non-addicted pattern of marijuana/cannabis consumption that nevertheless interferes with the ability to maintain stable, productive daily routines. The condition forms...
View ArticleDo Impulsive Cocaine Users Develop Unusual Brain Changes?
Cocaine is a potent stimulant drug of abuse known for its ability to substantially alter the brain function of heavy and/or habitual users. Some cocaine users have a personality trait called...
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