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Promising New Drug Targets for Cocaine Addiction Found

...  new drug targets for cocaine addiction found Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters the brain's reward circuits and causes addiction. Published online in the journal… Continue reading

7 Toledo Men Indicted for Role in Distributing Cocaine

...  Toledo men indicted for role in distributing cocaine According to authorities an 11-count indictment was unsealed charging seven Toledo men for their roles in a conspiracy to possess both powder and crack cocaine with the intent to distribute the… Continue reading

A Family Affair: Actress Eloise DeJoria and Her Philanthropist Husband Stand

...  Center, Food 4 Africa, The Palmer Drug Abuse Program, Help Clifford Help Kids, The Long Center for the Performing Arts, The Austin Film Society and Amnesty International … Read more on Beliefnet Narconon Fresh Start Celebrates Impressive Drug Rehabilitation… Continue reading

"Drugs Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths

...  Aren't the Problem": Neuroscientist Carl Hart on Brain Science & Myths … Obama Commutes 8 "Unfair" Crack Cocaine Sentences as the ACLU Calls For More Reforms to Drug Laws. Dec 20, 2013 | …. Those kind of—those types of… Continue reading

What Supreme Court Case Relates to the 8th Amendment ?

...  by thalia: what supreme court case relates to the 8th amendment ? I’m doing a presentation in my history class and I need to know a lot if information about the 8th amendment bill of rights . Pleasee help… Continue reading

Methamphetamine? Please Help!!!?

...  along with a variety of adverse reactions. The effects of methamphetamine, however, are much longer lasting than the effects of cocaine, yet the cost is much the same. For that reason, methamphetamine is sometimes called the “poor man’s cocaine.”… Continue reading