Articles tagged with addiction

• Cocaine Addiction

  Cocaine addiction exerts a powerful hold on its users, many of whom end up losing family, jobs, or the respect of their community before they recognize its devastating effects. more...

• Identifying the Signs of Cocaine Use and Addiction

  There are many warning signs that can point to cocaine use or addiction, including losing weight, constant sniffing, and lack of sleep. more...

• Crack Cocaine: What You Need to Know

  Crack cocaine is thought to be the most addictive form of cocaine; because the high only lasts for 5-10 minutes and is followed by a devastating low, the user often seeks higher and higher doses, which can result in addiction and overdose. more...

• Amy Winehouse on the Road to Recovery from Drug Addiction

  Amy Winehouse's mother tells Closer magazine that her daughter Amy is on the road to recovery from drug addiction. more...

• Cambridge University to Pay Cocaine Addicts for Addiction Study

  Cambridge University will pay cocaine and crack addicts to participate in a study on the impact of drugs on the brain. more...

• DJ AM's Death Most Likely Due to Crack Cocaine and Xanax

  Law enforcement sources directly connected with the death of DJ AM told TMZ.com that his death was the result of an accidental overdose. more...

• Lady Gaga Admits Former Cocaine Addiction

  Singer Lady Gaga said that she used to spend hours alone in her New York Apartment using cocaine, until her father ordered her to get clean. more...

• Cocaine Found to Create Permanent Damage in Brain

  Researchers used computer models to study how the brain reacts to cocaine addiction. more...

• Cocaine Vaccine Shows Limited Success

  2.5 million people in the United States are currently addicted to cocaine, yet only 809,000 of them are getting treatment. more...

• Former BBC Producer Says Cocaine Use is Rife in the Television and Radio Industry

  Sarah Graham told MPs that she was offered cocaine on her very first day at the BBC in the 1990s. more...

• Middle-Class Housewives in Australia Turning to Cocaine

  A new report reveals that stressed-out middle-class housewives in Australia are turning to cocaine regularly. more...

• Interaction Between Problem Gambling and Cocaine Abuse

  As if one weren't bad enough, scientists now have shown that problem gambling and cocaine abuse interact in a great many cases. Both stem from a need - a need to gamble, a need to use, a need to escape. Before the need gets to the stage of addiction, it's referred to as a problem or abuse, as in problem gambling and cocaine abuse. more...

• Rapper Flavor Flav Discusses Spending $5.7 Million on Drugs in Memoir

  Former VH1 celebrity and famous rapper Flavor Flav is sharing serious conversations about his troubled childhood and cocaine addiction battle in a new book Flavor Flav: The Icon The Memoir. more...

• Veterinary Drug used to Stretch Cocaine

  In a recent report published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, experts voiced concern for a diluting product that has become increasingly popular in the last several years. The use of levamisole, a cheap and easily obtained drug, is being used to dilute up to 70 percent of the cocaine in the market. more...

• Cocaine Addicts Prefer Near-Term Rewards

  Hollywood has long portrayed the cocaine addict as someone who will do anything to get the drug because it is the most important thing in their life. Researchers now know that cocaine is only most valued when immediately available to the addict. more...