A DOG owner has been busted by cops after her poor pooch swallowed 55 rocks of crack cocaine leaving it suffering withdrawal symptoms. The Brazilian woman and her parents rushed the three-month-old ...

Why do so many people relapse after quitting cocaine? A new study from The Hebrew University reveals that a specific "anti-reward" brain circuit becomes hyperactive during withdrawal—driving ...

The crack epidemic that ravaged the United States from the 1970s to 1990s was a dark chapter in American history, characterized by soaring addiction rates, urban decay, and devastating consequences ...

Long-term abuse of cocaine induces compensatory changes in numerous genes associated with brain function. These compensatory changes lead to the appearance of the classic series of withdrawal symptoms ...

Ranee Sanford ‘23 graduated from Santa Clara University with a major in political science and minor in economics. Sanford was a 2022-23 Government Ethics Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied ...