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.

 

From the Crack House to God's House: NJ Man Tells of Finding Freedom in Christ

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As a result, he spent the next two decades in and out of jail and rehab and being shunned by his family, from whom he used to steal to feed his addiction to crack cocaine. His habit so ruled his life that at one point, when his oldest daughter was sick …
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Sheila Raye Charles to visit The Vineyard Community Church in Kingston

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Celebrate Recovery, she said, is an excellent program that has been a source of strength on her walk through recovery and she considers herself blessed by all the support. Clean and sober since 2005, Charles was addicted to crack cocaine for more than …
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Delray Recovery Center Releases Infographic on the Dangers of Crack Cocaine

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Crack cocaine abuse and addiction remains a wide-reaching problem across the nation, and Delray Recovery Center's [infographic on the dangers of crack cocaine help explain just how hazardous crack abuse and addiction can be. The infographic puts …
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