Speaking of Addiction Research

Published April 16, 2014

Speaking of Addiction Research
In the clearest example of all, if you place a laboratory rat into a chamber and allow it to trigger delivery of cocaine, methamphetamine, nicotine, alcohol, heroin, etc., into their bloodstream by voluntarily pressing a button, they will do so. Rats …
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Risks Of Popular Anxiety Drugs Often Overshadowed
When actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an overdose in February, the New York City medical examiner ruled that his death was the result of "acute mixed drug intoxication." Heroin, cocaine and a widely prescribed class of drugs known as …
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4th Mexican cartel associate charged in Chicago
Prosecutors accused him of coordinating the delivery of large shipments of cocaine from Mexico to the U.S. He's also accused of collecting and laundering drug money. Guzman is considered the world's most powerful drug lord. U.S. and Mexican authorities …
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