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last month, the U.S. Supreme Court bowed to reality and restored a measure of sanity to cocaine sentencing... had the discretion to reduce prison terms for crack-cocaine offenses.
The move was an effort by the Supreme...
. This flaw, possibly genetic, renders them more sensitive to the rewarding effects of cocaine. Put simply... for cocaine addiction. [Brains Scans at right: Dopamine receptor availability in yellow falls markedly after 6... 
as cocaine” one more time I’m going to hit the bottle.
Anything that is either overused, pleasurable or has become vaguely associated with the dopamine system is compared to cocaine.
In fact, here is a list of things...
Cocaine. Photo: DEA
Are recreational drugs more enjoyable for women than for men? A recent study on that topic caught caught my eye this morning.
Women are more sensitive to cocaine
"Human... 
-over” cocaine when we have someone die of a cocaine overdose? Sometimes it....
Cocaine is one of the most biologically wide-affecting drugs we use (probably 2nd only to Caffeine...
An energy drink called Cocaine has received a lot of press. Texas has barred the sale of the drink in the state. The FDA made the manufacturers of Cocaine change the label so it looked less...
Effective treatment remains elusive.
For addiction to cocaine, amphetamine...) has yet to approve any medications for the treatment of either cocaine or amphetamine addiction.
Take the case...
Crack, free-base, and powder
The cocaine high is a marvel of biochemical efficiency. Cocaine... such as pleasure, alertness and movement, the primary results of using cocaine--euphoria, a sense of well being...
Crack, free-base, and powder
The cocaine high is a marvel of biochemical efficiency. Cocaine works primarily by blocking the reuptake of dopamine molecules in the synaptic gap...
Over at Addiction Inbox, Dirk Hanson reports on findings from a trial of the new cocaine vaccine and provides a succint description of its mechanism:
Some cocaine addicts appear willing to risk overdose... 
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... f tissue becoming damaged through injecting heroin, or snorting cocaine, which then becomes infected.
If treated promptly, ... » Read on
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