Hinton Cops Alert B.C. Mounties to Dangerous Coked-Up Driver

Published April 22, 2013

Hinton cops alert B.C. mounties to dangerous coked-up driver

Filed under: Cocaine Addictiveness

According to a report on his criminal trial by the Prince George Citizen April 4, Stretch was battling a cocaine addiction and was on his way to his brother's home in Vancouver to enter into a drug detox program. He told the court he was grateful the …
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City doctors discourage benzo use

Filed under: Cocaine Addictiveness

The Sentinel has previously reported on the addictive problems presented by benzodiazepines, which as well as being prescribed legitimately, are also sold illegally on the black market. In 2009/10, 13 per cent of 576 clients who contacted Substitute …
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FDA must keep generic OxyContin

Filed under: Cocaine Addictiveness

It is true that prescription painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined, with approximately 12 million Americans over the age of 12 reportedly using prescription painkillers recreationally in 2010, according to the Centers for …
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Researchers Turn to Lasers, Asthma Drugs to Combat Drug Addiction

Filed under: Cocaine Addictiveness

In both rats and humans, individuals with cocaine addiction suffer from low activity in the brain's prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for behavioral flexibility, decision making and impulse control. When researchers turned on the cells using a …
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