Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among US Teens: Survey

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among US Teens: Survey

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addictive

Perhaps this explains another survey finding: While about four in five teens said they had discussed both alcohol and marijuana use with their parents and almost one-third said they had talked with them about crack/cocaine, only between 14 percent and … Read more on U.S. News & World Report

Quitting smoking for the baby you plan to have together

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addictive

To get one sense of the impact of smoking on fetal development, recall the widespread panic in the 1980s about “crack cocaine babies.” Subsequent research has shown that the damage to fetuses of cigarette … Also, an added benefit to a couple of … Read more on Scope (blog)

Is this the age of anxiety?

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addictive

Hugely popular in the US (48.7 million prescriptions were written for it there last year), it's known as the crack cocaine of benzos. It's similar to … This is an advantage in some ways – less of a hangover – but accounts for its more addictive … Read more on New Zealand Herald