Brain Shape Linked to Cocaine Addiction

Published February 23, 2013

Brain Shape Linked to Cocaine Addiction

Filed under: help for cocaine addiction

… collected brain scans and personality tests from people who had used cocaine over several years — some addicted, some not. While the nonaddicts shared a penchant for risk-taking behavior, the increased gray matter seemed to help them resist … Read more on New York Times

Ken Braun: Banning guns will work as well as the war on drugs

Filed under: help for cocaine addiction

The conventional objection to legalizing harder drugs like cocaine, heroin and the rest is that use (and thus abuse) would skyrocket. Here again, the … Leaving aside damage to our wallets, is this the smart way to help drug addicts? Alcoholics need … Read more on Bay City Times

Lessons from the Failed War on Drugs

Filed under: help for cocaine addiction

It is being fought against crystal meth labs in Eastern Europe, kids addicted to crack cocaine in Los Angeles and people who are caught with a gram of marijuana in their pockets, just as it is being fought against the drug cartels in Mexico and killers … Read more on Spiegel Online