Tag Archives: cocaine

A 14 year old girl died recently from inhaling the inert gas helium. Though it has no psychoactive properties -- the girl and those she was partying with likely were also combined drinking and pot smoking with super-cold helium straight out of a cylinder. We discuss this, and huffing in general, and also reported new off-label uses of the the stop-smoking medication Chantix (varenicline) for the treatment of other addictions.

A new drug use survey shows a marked increase in drug use by 18-25 yr olds, especially marijuana, while cocaine and meth use has gone way down. Changing attitudes about pot may come form medical marijuana issues, and also whether alcohol/energy drinks may contribute to the alcohol overdoses.

A Cocaine vaccine shows some promising results - but more work remains. Dr. Inaba comments.

The news of illnesses and deaths caused by a veterinary drug being mixed with cocaine, and other ways the street makes drugs ever more dangerous. Dr Inaba explains.

Addiction radio looks at increased coca growing in Bolivia and its complications, the War on Drugs, more opium grown in Afghanistan on less land, and differences in efforts at supply reduction vs. new ideas on demand reduction.

Dr. Inaba relates stories about cocaine residue on American money, and attempts to use this as evidence in drug cases.