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Cocaine Abuse During Youth May Trigger Heart Attack?  -  Mar 18, 2008
News Locale,TUESDAY, Mar 18, (News Locale) - As if cocaine abuse was not bad enough, the American Heart Association (AHA) has now said that young people who use the

Cocaine Education  -  Mar 21, 2008
TransWorldNews (press release),Contributing to cocaine abuse is its association with Hollywood and Wall Street glamour, and with the advent of increased availability and lowered prices;

Wayne Carey admits cocaine abuse and needs help  -  Mar 15, 2008
Advertiser Adelaide,DISGRACED former footballer Wayne Carey has admitted he has a cocaine problem - and so does his girlfiend, former model Kate Neilson.

UN blasts celebrity drug abuse  -  Mar 5, 2008
CNN International...he was released without charges. The report found that Britain, along with Spain and Italy, have some of the highest rates of cocaine abuse in the world.

Rapid rise in cocaine abuse in Northamptonshire  -  Mar 13, 2008
Northampton Chronicle & Echo,While heroin users can be treated with blocking agents or methadone, cocaine abuse is more difficult and expensive to treat. There are no blocking agents

Cocaine Abuse Could Kill The Planet  -  Mar 8, 2008
Glasgow Daily Record,Police heard using just two grammes of the Class A drug is the equivalent to devastating an area of tropical forest the size of a club dancefloor.

Cocaine abuse alters brain structure  -  Feb 28, 2008
PRESS TV,Trinity College Dublin scientists have discovered a part of the brain which responds to cocaine abuse and causes long-term addiction.

New Statement on Cocaine-Associated MI Urges Caution With Beta ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
Medscape (subscription)When a history cannot be obtained, but there is a suspicion of cocaine abuse, the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine can be detected in the urine for at

FACTBOX-UN report on global narcotics trade  -  Mar 4, 2008
ReutersEurope is the second largest global market for cocaine, with highest rates of cocaine abuse in Spain, the UK and Italy. -- Almost all European heroin

Celebrity cocaine use condemned in UN report  -  Mar 4, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Despite tough legal penalties for cocaine abuse, the drug continues to be associated with "celebrity" and "glamour". The UN says the problem is exacerbated

Loss of patience common factor in child abuse deaths  -  Mar 9, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,22, 2002, due to his mother Wendi Michelle Patrick's cocaine abuse. His mother pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for six years' probation

Alarm at rising number of crack cocaine addicts  -  Mar 15, 2008
South China Morning Post (subscription),Doctors and social workers are concerned about the rising number of drug addicts seeking treatment for crack cocaine abuse. They are worried that the drug's

A drug poster girl ... no, no, no  -  Mar 17, 2008
Ottawa Citizen,The United Nations' drug czar has singled out Amy Winehouse, the troubled British singer, for criticism. Neil McCormick begs to disagree.

Wanted Las Cruces woman arrested, charged with child abuse (10:33  -  Mar 5, 2008
Las Cruces Sun-News,Carolina Hernandez, the woman wanted by Las Cruces Police in connection with a child abuse case involving her seven-month-old daughter who tested positive

Dope Link: India trapped in African drug net  -  Mar 6, 2008
CNN-IBN,..."Heroine is now occupying slots in lower segments and cocaine abuse has gone to the upper segments more recently and that is what we are concentrating on,"

'NY Times' Reveals Reporter Lifted From 'Miami Herald'  -  Feb 28, 2008
Editor & Publisher...said Jim Hall, executive director of Up Front Drug Information Center, a Miami nonprofit that has been tracking cocaine abuse for more than two decades.

Arizona Medical Board's hands-off approach to relapsed addict ...  -  Mar 5, 2008
Phoenix New Times,...and news media reports, Mahl's descent into drug and sex addiction started with prescription medication and then eventually included cocaine abuse.

Drugs, celebrities and ruined lives  -  Mar 9, 2008
Daily Mail,Last week, its drug control agency pointed out that this is one of the worst countries in Europe for cocaine abuse and warned that "celebrity drug offenders

SMART group rallies against drug testing  -  Feb 27, 2008
Millstone Examiner,Of the substance-abuse incidents in 2006- 07, five involved suspected marijuana use that was confirmed and two involved suspectedmarijuana and cocaine abuse

Carey to hang out with Enough Rope  -  Mar 17, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,It's been reported Carey was paid $180000 for an interview with New Idea magazine in which he detailed his cocaine abuse. A spokesman for New Idea said it

Unborn baby's death haunts ex-investigator  -  Mar 9, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,He read the autopsy report's account of how her unborn child suffocated from the cocaine abuse. He followed the leads, tip by tip, and learned the mother's

A Graceful Departure Preferred  -  Mar 3, 2008
BET,And it was not in the least a racist comment, as cocaine abuse has afflicted Americans of all colors as well as classes. Indeed, there have been persistent

And now, a word from a ‘jologs’  -  Mar 16, 2008
Inquirer.net,The charges are pretty shocking: fraud, embezzlement, infidelity, cocaine abuse, criminal cover-up—not to mention the more egregious sin that these pampered

BLOW: An energy drink mix  -  Feb 28, 2008
Fox 21,He has seen first-hand the damaging effects of cocaine abuse. What worries him even more is the age group the product seems to target.

Low prevalence of cannabis use in Malta  -  Mar 8, 2008
MaltaMedia,Europe was also reported to be the second largest global market for cocaine, with highest rates of cocaine abuse in Spain, the UK and Italy.

Illegal medicines becoming bigger in drug smuggling trade  -  Mar 5, 2008
Ceylon Daily News,The report said that cocaine abuse was increasing in India, a contention contested by the director of the country's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB),

A Military Earmark's Ties to Obama Money Man  -  Mar 13, 2008
Washington Post,The majority of Americans do not know of Obama's history of repeated Cocaine abuse and will not knowingly elect someone with a history of abusing "hard

Marianne Faithfull: 'Bu Benim Şovum'  -  Mar 4, 2008
Güncel Haber,Severe laryngitis coupled with persistent cocaine abuse during this period permanently altered the sound of Faithfull's voice, leaving it cracked and lower

Drug crazed Paul Gascoigne in bust up with best pal 'Five Bellies'  -  Mar 3, 2008
Mirror.co.uk,..."Gazza's cocaine abuse is massive - it's got out of hand. Jimmy really has done his best for him, but Paul's lost the plot." The former Newcastle, Spurs and

TERRIFYING COST OF NOT JAILING 'DRUGGIE' CELEBS  -  Mar 5, 2008
Mirror.co.uk,The report says Britain has one of the worst rates of cocaine abuse, along with Spain and Italy. The use of powerful "skunk" varieties of cannabis is also

Country Chanteuse Tanya Tucker: 'Memba Her?!  -  Mar 4, 2008
TMZ.com,Years of alcohol and cocaine abuse are tough on the looks..... 4. That's a very leathery face, she needs a good buffing with some saddle soap. 5.

Myocardial Infarction and Heart Attack Treatment  -  Mar 17, 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,...it gets stuck; cocaine abuse which can cause a coronary artery to go into spasm; complications from heart surgery; and some other rare heart problems.

Men at work  -  Mar 14, 2008
Lawrence Journal World,Scinto had been struggling with alcohol and cocaine abuse and claimed the weekend unearthed a traumatic childhood memory, according to a 2007 Houston Press

Elton John still dazzles audiences after all these years  -  Mar 13, 2008
Cherry Hill Courier Post,Given his highly documented cocaine abuse in the 1970s and '80s, it's nearly miraculous that he has any voice at all today. That it may be more rich and

Alberta tar sands documentary raises questions about the newest ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
Art Threat Magazine,...descend on tar-soaked "Fort McMoney", a modern-day Eldorado, where rents are sky- rocketing and cocaine abuse is four times the provincial average.

ANGUISHED STAR’S BIZARRE SPREE  -  Mar 7, 2008
Daily Star,Gazza, who has admitted cocaine abuse in the past, shelled out vast amounts satisfying his craving for booze. He also bought up to 50 cans of Red Bull a day

Fallon to see out ban in mentor role with Stoute  -  Mar 4, 2008
Irish Independent,A second drugs offence, reportedly for cocaine abuse, detected at a French meeting might be seen as a bridge too far for the Clare jockey after his recent

'Welcome to Your Brain' is an entertaining look inside our heads  -  Mar 1, 2008
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,While they show the exciting promise of things such as a vaccine against cocaine abuse and deep-brain stimulation for Parkinson's, they reinforce the fact

It Don't Get More 80s Than This: 1985 Plymouth Duster  -  Feb 27, 2008
Jalopnik,It's got the hair product, the jarring colors, the implied cocaine abuse... but does it have what it takes to keep its crown in the face of the Duster ad's

Louis brought nation together, but had his life torn apart  -  Feb 26, 2008
Austin American-Statesman,...out to his waning skills, the government and his own demons, which included infidelity and paranoia, possibly resulting from years of cocaine abuse.

Two arrested in Kissel slaying  -  Mar 23, 2008
Stamford Advocate,A medical report filed in the fraud case said he suffered from alcohol dependence, cocaine abuse, bipolar disorder and numerous other psychiatric disorders.

Heath, the latest allegations about a year of cocaine abuse  -  Jan 31, 2008
Orlando Sentinel,...come new allegations published in the NY Post about a downward spiral of cocaine abuse that led to Michelle Williams kicking him out of their home.

Legal drug craze is new killer  -  Feb 9, 2008
The Observer,...'You see prescription drug abuse in the same circles that you saw cocaine abuse - the high-performing executive class. They might have a big day,

Women Behind Bars  -  Feb 13, 2008
AlterNet,By Silja JA Talvi, In These Times. Posted February 13, 2008. In many respects, she fits the common profile of a woman doing time for a drug-related offense.

The War on Drugs Starts Here  -  Feb 12, 2008
New York Times,The percentage of students in 8th, 10th or 12th grades who tried methamphetamine declined by more than half over the same period, while cocaine abuse

Did cross-dressing City fraudster fake his clifftop death?  -  Feb 17, 2008
Mirror.co.uk,But in reality his life was a downward spiral of cocaine abuse, hookers and fraud. A friend said: "Simon was a charismatic character. He was a clever,

Baltimore drug, alcohol deaths far exceed nation as a whole  -  Jan 24, 2008
Examiner.comDeaths from cocaine abuse nearly doubled from 2005 to 2006. Cocaine overdoses increased from 52 in 2005 to 116 in 2006, a jump attributed in part to the use

Probe finds cocaine in Tallaght hospital  -  Feb 8, 2008
Irish Independent,Meanwhile, a leading expert on the issue of cocaine abuse, Dr Chris Luke, said the public are unaware of the true extent of the cocaine problem here in

Autopsy: Saenz died of cocaine intoxication  -  Feb 7, 2008
SmallTownPapers News Service,...although it has been used by medical investigators as a cause of death in many drug-abuse cases since the 1980s when cocaine abuse began to soar,

Prison, Dix couldn't save her  -  Feb 16, 2008
News & Observer,Bipolar disorder, depressive disorder, paranoid schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, alcohol abuse, cocaine abuse and

Profitable pre-season for Rocca  -  Jan 31, 2008
The Age,He had ill-health and weight problems after retiring from professional football in 1997 and continued to battle cocaine abuse. A stomach stapling operation

Training urged for EMS dealing with the emotionally disturbed  -  Jan 26, 2008
Toronto Star,...recommended that emergency medical services get more direction on how to deal with emotionally disturbed persons exhibiting symptoms of cocaine abuse.

Illegal drugs cause woes for children and youth  -  Feb 4, 2008
Lock Haven Express,A C&Y spokesman said the parents of the child saw the child — and the impact of cocaine abuse — in short, carefully monitored increments of two one-hour

NIDA research reveals subconscious signals can trigger drug craving  -  Jan 30, 2008
Science Centric,Using a brain imaging technology called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), scientists have discovered that cocaine-related images trigger the

Rock İkonu Yolda  -  Feb 6, 2008
Güncel Haber,Severe laryngitis coupled with persistent cocaine abuse during this period permanently altered the sound of Faithfull's voice, leaving it cracked and lower

Accidental overdose claims life of young father-of-two  -  Feb 6, 2008
Times 24,..."It is also very important that one always follows the prescription." He recorded a verdict of accidental death due to a drugs overdose and cocaine abuse.

Panorama – Alex James In Colombia  -  Jan 28, 2008
MyParkMag,Britain is now at the forefront of cocaine abuse in the world – the Home Office estimates there are around 800000 cocaine users in the UK.

When networking sites can actually make a difference  -  Jan 29, 2008
Scotsman,With cocaine abuse on the rise – user levels of the drug have doubled in Scotland in the past five years – the actions of the Farc are coming home to roost

27 charged in federal drug case  -  Jan 25, 2008
The Wichita Eagle,...problems similar to those associated with methamphetamine and cocaine abuse, including confusion, depression, sleeplessness, anxiety and paranoia.

Take The First Step: Genetics only one of the factors for alcoholism  -  Feb 8, 2008
The Salem News,Dear Dr. Levy: I have heard there is a new drug to treat cocaine abuse..Do you know what it is and if it's available? A: I am not sure what you are

It wasn't last straw  -  Feb 4, 2008
Newsday,Cocaine abuse, a solicitation of prostitution charge, numerous arrests, domestic violence, tax evasion, failure to pay child support, the times he went AWOL

Dead Reckoning  -  Feb 13, 2008
Eye Weekly,The Dead Sleep Easy offers plenty o’ bruising action sequences and more egregious scenes of cocaine abuse than a home movie by Amy Winehouse.

'Honour student' gets 12 years for murder  -  Jan 25, 2008
Canada.com,...after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter for stabbing of the 51-year-old father to death during a night of binge drinking and cocaine abuse last March.

So just what did drive Andrea to break into tears on the radio?  -  Feb 1, 2008
Irish Independent,While the rumour-mill went into overdrive about Katy's death being possibly linked to cocaine abuse, Andrea kept her counsel. She later spoke of the effect

Intoxication kills as many in Baltimore as homicide, report says  -  Jan 25, 2008
WJZ,Deaths from cocaine abuse nearly doubled from 2005 to 2006, increasing from 52 to 116, an increase attributed in part to the use of cocaine arovince gave

For protecting and serving  -  Jan 23, 2008
Edwardsville Intelligencer,He was found to have been under the influence of alcohol and cocaine, and Mahan testified that Corbett had a history of alcohol and cocaine abuse.

Winkler contradicts himself  -  Feb 6, 2008
Myrtle Beach Sun News,...of South Carolina, testified that Winkler suffers from borderline personality disorder, major depression disorder, alcohol dependency and cocaine abuse.

Victims' parents to testify  -  Feb 3, 2008
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),The team paid medical experts more than $100000 to testify that in their professional opinions, Boehm's long-term cocaine abuse -- he first started using in

From hardworking man to accused killer of four children  -  Feb 3, 2008
Press-Register - al.com,Family members have described Luong as a hardworking father who descended into crack cocaine abuse in the months leading up to Jan.

Heath Ledger’s Joker Has the Last Laugh  -  Jan 28, 2008
New University Online,A rolled-up $20 bill was found on the floor, prompting suspicions of cocaine abuse. These allegations were later ruled out by drug testing.

Names of Camden drug arrests released  -  Jan 25, 2008
Cherry Hill Courier Post,She'd do a 16th of coke daily, a gram and a half, in the end it did her heart in and she died from heart failure due to years of cocaine abuse at the age of

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