N.J. Attorney General: Prescribed Drugs Kill More Than Heroin and Cocaine

Published October 26, 2012

N.J. attorney general: Prescribed drugs kill more than heroin and cocaine

Filed under: Cocaine Addiction News

Prescription drug abuse “kills more people than heroin and cocaine combined,” according to state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa, who “couldn't believe” that statistic when he first heard it. But it's true. While it's generally thought that illegal …
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Vaccine offers chance of beating cocaine use

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Positive preliminary results of an anti-cocaine vaccine offers a glimmer of hope for addictions treatment. Immunovaccine Inc. , a Halifax clinical-stage vaccine company, partnered up with Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City this summer to …
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Diabetes drug may treat cocaine addiction

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"We found that this drug called Exendin-4 that is already used for the medical management of diabetes, reduces the rewarding effects of cocaine in animals. We suspect that this is a general mechanism that will translate to additional drugs of abuse …
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