cocaine

90 percent of US paper money contains cocaine

harminka — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:39:39 -0500

You probably have cocaine in your wallet, purse, or pocket. Sound unlikely or outrageous? Think again! In what researchers describe as the largest, most comprehensive analysis to date of cocaine contamination in banknotes, scientists are reporting that cocaine is present in up to 90 percent of paper money in the United States, particularly in large cities such as Baltimore, Boston, and Detroit. The scientists found traces of cocaine in 95 percent of the banknotes analyzed from Washington, D.C., alone.

Autopsy Report Links Billy Mays' Death To Cocaine

Gabriel Dorman — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:50:45 -0500

The autopsy report in the death of TV Pitchman Billy Mays lists cocaine as a contributing factor to his sudden death.

Research reveals molecular fingerprint of cocaine addiction

harminka — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:57:50 -0500

The first large-scale analysis of proteins in the brains of monkeys addicted to cocaine reveals new information on how long-term cocaine use changes the amount and activity of various proteins affecting brain function.

Drug-related cues may sway adolescent preference more strongly

harminka — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:35:59 -0500

New drug research suggests that teens may get addicted and relapse more easily than adults because developing brains are more powerfully motivated by drug-related cues. This conclusion has been reached by researchers who found that adolescent rats given cocaine – a powerfully addicting stimulant – were more likely than adults to prefer the place where they got it.

Enzyme regulates brain pathology induced by cocaine, stress

harminka — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:52:45 -0600

Researchers have uncovered a key genetic switch that chronic cocaine or stress influences to cause the brain to descend into a pathological state. In studies with mice they showed how chronic cocaine changes gene activity to enhance the addictive reward from the drug. And they showed similarly how chronic stress induces the same kinds of changes that hypersensitizes the brain, causing depression-like symptoms.

Cocaine abuse blunts sensitivity to monetary reward

harminka — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:46:43 -0600

New measurements of brain activity in individuals addicted to cocaine confirm that addicted individuals have compromised sensitivity to monetary rewards.

Recreational cocaine use may impair inhibitory control

harminka — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:06:17 -0600

The recreational use of cocaine has rapidly increased in many European countries over the past few years. One cause of this is the fall in the price of the drug on the street from 100 Euros for one gram (about 5 lines) in 2000 to 50 Euros in the Netherlands.

Preppy Killer Back Behind Bars

Ian McGuffick — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:18:43 -0500

Just a few years after his release from prison, Robert Chambers, aka the “preppy killer,” is back up the river, this time for selling narcotics.

Tracing marijuana to its roots

harminka — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:57:04 -0500

Scientists at the Alaska Stable Isotope Facility can tell whether marijuana confiscated in a traffic stop in Fairbanks likely came from Mexico or the Matanuska Valley.

UN Says Peru's Coca Production on the Rise

Dinka — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:11:05 -0500

The United Nations says the amount of land used to cultivate coca, the raw material in cocaine, has increased in Peru.

Romania: cocaine lies hidden in government garage for 4 years

Dinka — Fri, 04 May 2007 11:01:50 -0500

Romania's prime minister ordered an inquiry Friday after cocaine with a street value of more than EUR60 million (US82 million) lay undiscovered in a car in a government garage for more than four years.

Maradona is to stay in hospital for two weeks

Dinka — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:41:23 -0500

Diego Maradona suffers a health crisis caused by excessive eating, smoking and drinking, and will remain in the hospital for at least two more weeks. Alfredo Cahe at first feared that Maradona was suffering from pancreatitis but it turned out to be alcoholic hepatitis.