Motherhood Might Limit the Effect of Cocaine on the Brain

Published October 17, 2012

Motherhood might limit the effect of cocaine on the brain
Filed under: cocaine treatment health
The LA County Department of Public Health notes that cocaine gives one a temporary illusion of enhanced power and energy. However, as the initial … Thus, gender-specific treatments are needed to tailor appropriate treatment methods. Dr. Cummings … Read more on Examiner.com

Does Motherhood Dampen Cocaine's Effects?
Filed under: cocaine treatment health
The findings may help lay the groundwork for more tailored human addiction treatment, based on scientific understanding of how gender, hormones and life experience impact drug use. In an oral presentation at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, U-M … Read more on eNews Park Forest

Crack addicts rounded up after Rio slum takeovers
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Health officials are locating and treating hundreds of crack addicts suddenly left without drugs after police occupied dangerous slums this week where the users congregated en masse to buy and smoke the potent drug. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana). A welfare … Read more on Knoxville News Sentinel