Cocaine

Cocaine addiction can cause erectile dysfunction and more

Cocaine or coke is the most used recreational drug in the world. It is also responsible for the highest number of drug overdose deaths. Read on to know the harmful effects of cocaine.
Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction: Study

According to a recent study, regular aerobic exercise can decrease stress-induced cocaine-seeking behaviour.
Addicted to cocaine? This new gene therapy may help you overcome

This new method can help you overcome cocaine addiction and prevent deaths due to overdose of cocaine, thanks to the scientists who have used gene therapy via skin.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factors reduce cocaine relapse

Cocaine relapse can now be significantly reduced with the help of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).
Decision-making may predict future drug addiction, says study

Know how future drug addiction is linked to decision making
New pathway to reverse the effects of cocaine on heart found

If you are in rehabilitation then this is good news for you.
Children of mothers who took cocaine during pregnancy twice as likely to develop subtance abuse by teenage

Cocaine is toxic to a foetal brain as it restricts blood flow and alters the expression of genes.
Highly caffeinated drinks may affect your brain similar to taking cocaine

Drinking highly caffeinated beverages triggers changes in the adolescent brain which are similar to taking cocaine.
Study says hypocretin, a molecule in the brain may drive cocaine addiction

Increased levels of a molecule in the brain, called hypocretin, may contribute to cocaine addiction, new research has found.
Here's what happens when you take weed, cocaine, LSD, charas, meth or heroin

Here's how long drugs like weed, LSD, meth, heroin, hash/charas and cocaine stay in the body and their side-effects.
Study says regular drug-use may hinder your ability to choose between right and wrong

Regular drug users can have difficulty choosing between right and wrong, perhaps because the specific parts of their brains used for moral processing and evaluating emotions are damaged by their prolonged drug habits, says a study.
How many people in Punjab are drug addicts? : 16% or - as Deputy CM says - 0.06%?

'Out of the 2.77 crore population of the state, only 0.06 per cent was found abusing drugs, which is the lowest percentage across the nation,' said Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Scientists identify brain cells that reduce effect of cocaine

Researchers have discovered a type of brain cells that play a key role in reducing the effects of cocaine on the brain.
An anti-cocaine vaccine to be a reality soon

Cocaine addicts may soon have a 'cure' for their unhealthy dependence as a team of Indian-American scientists has developed a vaccine to treat this addiction for the first time.
Here’s all that you need to know about drug addiction in Punjab

While the trailer of the movie, Udta Punjab, which stars Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Alia Bhatt has been released today, here's how drug abuse is really affecting the youth in Punjab.
Study says cocaine and alcohol users at 2.4 times higher risk of committing suicide

Using cocaine and alcohol together at the same time can lead to an increased risk of committing a suicide, warns a study.
Cocaine users six times more likely to suffer a stroke

A new study has found that cocaine users are six times more likely to have a stroke every time they take the drug.
Diabetic drug may help treat cocaine addiction
Scientists identify the drug that help cocaine users quit

A drug used to treat paracetamol overdose may be able to help individuals who want to break their addiction and stop their damaging cocaine seeking habits, new research has found.
Find out how cocaine gives us a high

The burst of energy that comes with a cocaine high is a rather accurate reflection of what is going on in the brain of users, a study has found.