New Study Suggests Chronic Cocaine Use Causes Profound Metabolic Changes

New study suggests chronic cocaine use causes profound metabolic changes
Chronic cocaine use may reduce the body's ability to store fat, new research from the University of Cambridge suggests. The scientists found that cocaine use may cause profound metabolic changes which can result in dramatic … As a result, when …
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Is super weed, super bad?
Fortunately, the risk of overdose with marijuana is far less serious than with cocaine or heroin. But certain behaviors — like … psychotic symptoms. As president of the American Society for Addiction Medicine, Gitlow also worries about the long-term …
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If Pepsi wins taste-tests, why does Coke still dominate the market?
Over time, the “new” Coke was phased out, and Coca-Cola Classic became just, well, Coke once again—a product so culturally iconic that across a significant swathe of the United States it serves as a generic term for what decent people call “soda” and …
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