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.

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But the woman has been addicted to crack cocaine in the past. … Fewer visits to specialists or to emergency rooms — not the ideal place to seek help for an arthritic joint — mean less money spent on health-care costs in a country striving to find …
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