CU Science Update 28 – Cocaine Addiction

CU Science Update 28 – Cocaine Addiction – How the brain processes information could help us understand the mechanism behind cocaine addiction. CU’s Institute of Behavioural Genetics is using state-of-the-art technology to gain insight into how psychostimulant drugs alter our brains. The results of this work could one day help addicts recover fully from their dependency on drugs. CU Science Update’s Angelica Kalika met with Dr. Don Cooper, Associate Professor in CU’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience to learn more about his lab’s investigation into cocaine addiction. Hosted by Joanna Merrill. Produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder Journalism and Mass Communication students.

SPECIAL REPORT: Stomp out Smoking

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"Yes, it's helping me cut back, and yes I think I will stop smoking," he said. Dr. Sharan Sekhon … Fletcher said nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine and alcohol and told the story of an elderly woman who has turned her life around in fresh …
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At last, drug prohibition is being challenged by fresh thinking

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Prohibition inflicts appalling damage, through the spread of organised crime, the needless deaths of addicts exposed to adulterated drugs and the mass incarceration of young men. … the neat distinction between “consumer”, “supply” and “transit …
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