cocaine
Vaccine for your Addiction
In September of 2012, the national Institute on Drug Abuse issued a news release of advances to develop Vaccines against Cocaine, heroin abuse. It seems that developers have achieved promising preclinical results against cocaine and heroin. What they did was to use animals in a test and they were treated with the new vaccine and [...]
Cocaine and its effects
If you do cocaine on a regular basis even socially it may be a good idea for you to know that you may have stiffer arteries, high blood pressure, and thicker heart wall muscle than people who do not use cocaine. Just recently research was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2012. Australian [...]
Report on Cocaine Abuse in Washington, D.C.
Just recently on an ordinary day at school four children at Thompson Elementary School complained they were ill. After some questions being answered it was discovered that they either sniffed or swallowed an unknown amount of drug and so they were taken to the hospital. Later it was also discovered that a fourth grader brought [...]
The Five Most Dangerous Drugs
In 2006, Professor R. S. Gable published a graph comparing the toxicity levels and dependence potential of certain commonly abused drugs. In other words, how addictive is a drug vs. how toxic is it? Of course, the most dangerous drug would be the most toxic and the most addictive. From this graph we’ve compiled a [...]
Alabama Teen Drug Use Rates Higher than National Average
According to a recent nationwide survey of educators, Alabama teenagers are more likely to have used drugs or alcohol than their peers in other states. One fifth of Alabama students in grades 6 through 12 admitted to using alcohol in the past month, and over ten percent admitted to using illegal drugs such as marijuana, [...]
Cocaine and cash seized in Shreveport, Louisiana
A Shreveport drug dealer was recently arrested. Almost a pound of cocaine was found in his car. The drugs had an estimated street value of almost $40,000. Police also seized nearly two thousand dollars in cash from him. According to KSLA, authorities were assisted by the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit, which made a [...]
New Orleans, LA men found guilty for drug offenses
Two New Orleans men were found guilty this week of drug offenses, according to The Times-Picayune. One man, Kerry Smith, a 35 year old New Orleans native, was arrested for selling drugs in front of his house. At the time of his apprehension, more than 100 pieces of crack cocaine were found on his person. [...]
Savannah, GA drug raids put six in jail
A Chatham-Savannah narcotics team seized large quantities of illicit drugs as well as five handguns in a series of drug raids Police discovered what they described as trafficking quantities of ecstasy, cocaine and marijuana as well as over $10,000 in cash. The sting shut down several dealers apparently operating in the Savannah, GA area. Several [...]
Georgia Drug Ring Bust
Twenty-one Georgia and Florida residents were recently charged with conspiracy to distribute massive quantities of cocaine and pot. These charges were a result of a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency, the FBI, as well as other local and national authorities. These charges were accompanied by 17 arrests in Brunswick, Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Four [...]
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