It's Not Just About Lance

Published February 11, 2013

It's not just about Lance

Filed under: cocaine use and its effects

In 1896, at the first modern Olympic games, heroin, cocaine and morphine were used to dull the pain of physical exertion. Today, the drugs … Use of performance-enhancing drugs and their adverse effects are neither easily reported nor monitored. As … Read more on The Australian

Excela Health ERs treat 400 drug ODs in 2012

Filed under: cocaine use and its effects

Miele said the statistics don't represent 400 people who were treated for acute drug poisoning because some patients were treated more than once in emergency rooms in its hospitals in Greensburg, Latrobe and Mt. Pleasant. Miele said Excela Health … Read more on Tribune-Review

Drug Laws: Why Do We Have Them, and Do They Work?

Filed under: cocaine use and its effects

As you can see, the use of legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco far outpaces the use of illegal drugs. It is clear, then, that laws discouraging drug use do have an effect in keeping rates relatively low compared to rates for other drugs that are legal … Read more on Huffington Post (blog)