Cocaine May Cause 'bad' Brain Boost

Cocaine may cause 'bad' brain boost
Cocaine may cause 'bad' brain boost. 9:31am August 26, 2013. Cocaine boosts learning and decision-making circuits in the brain – but not in a good way, a study has shown. Most heated moments of the election campaign. Panda clutched dead twin newborn. Read more on Ninemsn

Marijuana risky for teens: study
A new study by researchers from the Universite de Montreal and New York's Icahn School of Medicine concludes that "the nature of the teenage brain makes users of cannabis among this population particularly at risk of developing addictive behaviours and … Read more on Ottawa Citizen

Cocaine use 'rewires brain' to seek more
Taking cocaine could rewire the brain in a way that encourages people to seek out similar situations likely to provide more cocaine. That is one interpretation of a study on mice that observed changes in the animals' frontal cortex following exposure … Read more on The Times (subscription)