Addiction News Articles

• Drug Addicts Brain Differences Show Up on PET Scans

  Some people may be more likely to become drug addicts because their brains function in a certain way, according to new research from the University of Maryland. more...

• More Adult Women Using Cocaine

  Women in the U.K. and Australia are more likely than ever to become addicted to cocaine. Men continue to rank higher in number of cocaine users overall, but there has been an alarming rise in the number of women beginning to use the addictive drug. more...

• Cocaine Use Linked to Smoking and Drinking

  Dr. Giovanni Donato Aquaro led the experiment along with his team of scientists from the G Monasterio Foundation, and they believe the use of cocaine is also linked with drinking too much as well as smoking, both leading to significant heart damage more...

• Genes and Severity of Drug Addiction

  Scientists have discovered that substance-dependent individuals with a certain genotype are more prone to severe drug addiction that those without it. more...

• Cocaine Use High Among England and Wales Residents

  Complicating this matter is the fact that cocaine is increasingly cut or mixed with other substances, which put users at heightened risk. more...

• Cocaine Abuse May Rot Your Flesh

  Drug dealers cut cocaine with levamisole, a medication used to deworm farm animals, and more cocaine abusers and showing up in hospitals with serious infections and skin lesions due to the cutting agent. more...

• Cocaine Use Rising in UK Cities

  Sunderland has been named the cocaine capital of the North. Findings have revealed that addicts in this city are far more likely to use cocaine than other narcotics. more...

• Cocaine a Growing Public Health Problem in Europe

  Cocaine use appears to be a growing public health problem in Europe. Scientists warn that there is no such thing as 'safe' recreational use of small amounts of the drug. more...

• Long-Term Effects of Cocaine Use during Pregnancy

  Recent study examined the long-term effects of cocaine on children by observing cognitive development and quality of the care-giving environment for the exposed children. more...