To those who view that report positively, one might ask: Is there any reason to believe it will have an impact on US cocaine demand and consumption - or even price? And/or could it be that that “record seizure” merely is testimony to the utter failure of America’s decades-long war on production …

The human brain weighs approximately three pounds and influences everything a person does. You may not realize it, but your brain is not the same today as it was yesterday or last month. The brain is a continuously changing collection of cells. When you learn something new or have a new experience, …

More than 750,000 people take cocaine at least once a year as its price falls and ecstasy loses its popularity among clubbers, according to a wide-ranging study of drug abuse in Britain.

Official attempts to stem the use of illegal substances have failed, with cocaine soaring in popularity and ad…

Experimenter administered drug injections, e.g., intraperitoneal (i.p.), intravenous (i.v.) or intracranial, is most frequently used to study the acute or chronic pharmacological effects of drugs regardless of the motivational state.A more optimal model to study dependence is the drug self-administr…

Cocaine Dependence and Mood Disorder Comorbidity. Cocaine dependence is characterized by changes in mood. According to Kaplan and Sadock (1998), mood is defined as “a pervasive and sustained emotion that colors the person’s perception of the world”, and “common adjectives used to describe mood i…

Although drugs that are abused are highly addictive, not all individuals become dependent after using these substances. Genetic, social, and environmental factors all influence the propensity to develop substance dependence. It is therefore important to distinguish between substance use, abuse and d…

When cocaine enters the body, it moves rapidly from the bloodstream to the central nervous system where it affects the various reward/pleasure centers of your brain– including an important pleasure chemical, dopamine. Dopamine and these parts of your brain aid with thought organization, concentrat…

Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug. The powdered hydrochloride salt form of cocaine can be snorted or dissolved in water and injected. Crack is cocaine that has not been neutralized by an acid to make the hydrochloride salt. This form of cocaine comes in a rock crystal that can be heat…

Use of cocaine in a binge, during which the drug is taken repeatedly and at increasingly high doses, may lead to a state of increasing irritability, restlessness, and paranoia. This can result in a period of full-blown paranoid psychosis, in which the user loses touch with reality and experiences au…

Cocaine is a strong central nervous system stimulant that interferes with the reabsorption process of dopamine, a chemical messenger associated with pleasure and movement. The buildup of dopamine causes continuous stimulation of receiving neurons, which is associated with the euphoria commonly repor…