Program to Give Free Drug Needles to Curb Disease
... court He says she has been subject to "undue embarrassment" and questioning over alleged drug use, sexual history and child abuse. The cross-examination of West will … Gough asked if the combination of Vicodin and other drugs explain her… Continue reading
BC Mountie Won't Go to Jail for Stealing Cocaine
... opinion among UK's Somali community "So qat may be sold with cannabis, or maybe cocaine. So if you ban it, you protect a small population who may be harmed by using qat, but you are creating a greater level… Continue reading
Method to Cure Cocaine Addiction Through Prefrontal Cortex Being Developed
Method To Cure Cocaine Addiction Through Prefrontal Cortex Being Developed According to HealthDay News, scientists from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the US National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) used laser light to stimulate the prefrontal cortex… Continue reading
Scientists Use Brain Stimulation to Cure Cocaine-Addicted Rats – Voice of America
Scientists Use Brain Stimulation to Cure Cocaine-Addicted Rats – Voice of America Researchers report they were able to eliminate drug-seeking behavior in cocaine-addicted rats by stimulating a part of their brain known as the prefrontal cortex with laser light. Investigators… Continue reading
How Do You Get Rats Off Coke? With Lasers
How Do You Get Rats Off Coke? With Lasers Past studies have shown that rats (and humans) who are "compulsively addicted to cocaine" have low brain activity in the "prefrontal cortex–a brain region fundamental for impulse control, decision making and… Continue reading
Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction “When we turn on a laser light in the prelimbic region of the prefrontal cortex, the compulsive cocaine seeking is gone,” said Antonello Bonci, MD, scientific director of the intramural research program at the… Continue reading