Heritage Can Hold Deep Sway in Path to Addiction

Published February 15, 2013

Heritage can hold deep sway in path to addiction

Filed under: How Is Cocaine Addictive

How express and admirable is the intricate lacework of genes that influence addictive disease! Take the gene 9A, for example, which produces an enzyme that switches other genes on and off. In the brains of mice given repeated doses of cocaine, …
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Bartender testifies against alleged dealer

Filed under: How Is Cocaine Addictive

Some of the cocaine would be mixed with baking soda and cooked to create "crack," a more potent and addictive cocaine-based substance. Hicks testified she often sat with Samuel as he processed the drugs for distribution to midlevel dealers like Kenneth …
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