Ohio Courts Shouldn't Bring Back Debtors' Prisons

Published May 13, 2013

Ohio courts shouldn't bring back debtors' prisons

Filed under: medical use of cocaine

Over a down-and-out decade, the former construction worker abused drugs such as crack cocaine, drank too much, and racked up nearly $ 1,500 in fines stemming from misdemeanor charges, including disorderly conduct, unlawfully transporting a firearm, and … Read more on Toledo Blade

Sensor technology is psychologists' latest tool in tackling drug abuse

Filed under: medical use of cocaine

At the American Telemedicine Association conference this week, a psychologist at the Baylor College of Medicine described how he's using the Zephyr BioHarness wireless vital signals monitor to track cardiovascular and respiratory changes in cocaine … Read more on GigaOM

Researchers identify pathway that may protect against cocaine addiction

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Using lasers, researchers stimulated a specific subtype of neurons in the nucleus accumbens (shown in green) and found that it curbed compulsive cocaine use in mice. (Medical Xpress)—A study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health gives … Read more on Medical Xpress