cocaine addictionCocaine addiction is psychological dependency on the regular use of cocaine, and may result in severe physiological damage, psychosis, schizophrenia, lethargy, depression, or a potentially fatal overdose.
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Lindsay Lohan Blames Father for Cocaine Addiction
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is blaming her father for her own interest in cocaine, as he is a former drug addict. Lindsay has been in rehab three times since 2007, and has been caught with cocaine by police.
February 24th, 2010 | Cocaine | Read More Lady Gaga Admits Cocaine Addiction in Biography
Lady Gaga (whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) has spoken out about her former addiction to cocaine in her new biography, LADY GAGA: Just Dance, written by Helia Phoenix. The 23-year-old pop star said, “I wanted to be the artists I loved, like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol…And...
February 8th, 2010 | Cocaine | Read More Cocaine Found to Alter Genes in the Brain
A new study shows that cocaine not only changes the way you feel and behave—it also changes the way the genes in the brain operate. Maia Szalavitz of TIME writes that understanding this process could eventually lead to new treatments for the 1.4 million Americans who are addicted to cocaine, and...
January 8th, 2010 | Addiction Treatment | Read More Protein May Help Cocaine Addicts Quit
New findings suggest that a kind of protein could help cocaine addicts beat their addiction. The protein, known as cocaine esterase, is a naturally occurring bacterial enzyme that breaks down cocaine. This is thought to make cocaine less addictive, but it doesn’t last long in the body.
January 5th, 2010 | Addiction in the Media | Read More Why Some People Can’t Quit Cocaine
Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score on the so-called “scale of craving,” an antisocial personality type, and...
November 23rd, 2009 | Cocaine | Read More Cocaine Abuse Can Lead to Memory and Cognitive Problems
New animal studies suggest that cocaine abuse, in addition to pre-existing traits or lifestyle factors, can lead to memory and other cognitive problems.
October 23rd, 2009 | Cocaine | Read More Cocaine Vaccine Being Tested
Vaccine-like shots to keep cocaine abusers from getting high also helped them fight their addiction in the first study of this approach to treating cocaine addiction. The shots didn’t work perfectly, but the researchers say their limited success is promising enough to suggest the intriguing vaccine...
October 4th, 2009 | Cocaine | Read More Company will Continue to Test Cocaine Addiction Treatment Drug
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. says it will continue developing an anti-addiction drug that has failed in two clinical trials, as the company believes the treatment is safe and effective.
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