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Apparently not only humans have a taste for cocaine, but so do honeybees. While most insects are repelled by the Coca leaves because of their chemical content, bees will seek out cocaine and even go through withdrawal systems when the drug is not available.

According to Australian and U. S. researchers who reported their findings in the Journal of Experimental Biology, honeybees actually directed each other to the source of the cocaine. They even had a special “waggle dance” when high. The bees required higher ongoing doses to keep the intoxication going and when going through withdrawal they were less able to learn new tasks.

Ways to cook crack cocaine is one of the most searched for terms on the Internet. Now, since I posted How to Make Meth a little over a year ago, the comments have come flooding in. Some of the comments have been positive regarding survivors or their family members. Other comments have been rather rough, protesting that they were tricked by this post and don’t indeed have a problem.

As with that post, I decided to cast a wide net with the ways to cook crack cocaine post in order to try to get through to the few who need to hear it. I understand that many people want to know the different ways to cook crack cocaine merely out of curiosity or for some sort of research.

I also understand that ex-addicts and family members of addicts and ex-addicts will read this post. But, whom I would like to reach out to are the addicts and soon-to-be addicts who have truly come here to find out the ways to cook crack cocaine for use by themselves or by others.

If you’re one of these people, then please seek immediate help. Don’t delay, don’t deny. Get help now. If you are angered by this confrontation, then you may want to try and figure out why you are so angry. Did you get caught? Are you one step from getting caught?

Check out a treatment center now from this resource. Your friends and family will be glad you did and ultimately, you will come to thank yourself, too.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom who are studying laboratory rats have linked impulsive behavior to cocaine addiction. In the addiction field, it has been unclear to many scientists which came first, the impulsive behavior or the cocaine addiction leading to impulsivity.

Now, the researchers believe the behavior comes first. The researchers separated out two groups. The first was the impulsive group and the second was the thrill seeking group. The thrill seeking group sampled the cocaine first, but quickly lost interest thereafter. The impulsive group was slower to sample cocaine, but also was the group that became addicted.

With the pressure of school exams looming, more students are taking cognitive performance enhancing drugs in order to pass tests. According to the Academy of Medical Sciences, more kids are dipping into their parents and grandparents medicine cabinets to take prescription medication normally meant to treat Alzheimer’s Disease and ADHD.

Because of test examination pressure, students are looking to enhance memory and boost alertness with these drugs. No longer is caffeine the drug of choice for many students as other cognitive performance enhancing drugs (which can be likened to sports performance enhancing drugs) are now taking the forefront.

Researchers from John Moores University in Liverpool, UK have concluded that over 50-percent of the city’s youth have taken cocaine. Liverpool was one of nine European cities named in the report and the site of the most prevalent use of drugs and alcohol.

The findings suggested that those from ages 16 to 35 turn to drugs and alcohol as a cultural norm aimed at enhancing their sex lives. There were 1,341 youngsters surveyed led by the University’s Professor Mark Bellis.

Even though there were protests from some groups that Liverpool was unfairly targeted by the survey, these same groups also acknowledged there is indeed a significant cocaine problem in the city due to its prevalence and availability.

Tonight, at 6:30 pm on most stations, the documentary “Crystal Darkness” will appear with a message about methamphetamines: don’t do it. The documentary will air on all English and Spanish TV stations.

Because meth production inside the United States has slowed down, but continues to flow across the border from Mexico, Arizona continues to be a hotbed for meth abuse. In 2007, about 8-percent of those who checked into drug and alcohol treatment centers stated that meth was their drug of choice.

While law enforcement officials have found it difficult to pin down the pervasiveness of meth because of how it is reported in the state, government officials are also aware that methamphetamines are like no other drug as far as addictive qualities and the rewiring of brain function.

In a case that has outraged the citizens of Fort Worth, Texas a baby boy was given a fatal overdose of cocaine. The 14-month-old J.C. Luna was given cocaine sometime in-between his mother dropping him off with the babysitter, according to police.

The parents and babysitter and their homes were tested for cocaine and the tests came back negative. J. C. survived the initial overdose but eventually died from internal injuries. The homicide investigation is still open.

Because of recent clamp-downs by the U. S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) including moving the over the counter drugs used to make meth behind the counter, Mexico has emerged as the number one source for the drug. According to the World Drug Report, there are now 12 million meth addicts in the United States.

The DEA has seized approximately 6,000 U. S. meth labs in the past couple of years, opening up an opportunity for Mexican drug cartels to export the drug. Mexican authorities have also been working to keep the precursor drugs unavailable in the pharmacies. The major problem, however, is that the drug lords are finding ways to import the chemicals used to make meth that thwart the authorities’ efforts.

Researchers at China’s Peking University have discovered 396 genes linked to addiction. These so-called “addiction genes” are linked to pathways for substance abuse problems involving alcohol, cocaine, opium and nicotine.

According to the director Wei Liping, “The research provides a more complete picture of drug addiction, as genetic factors contribute to about 60 percent of the vulnerability to drug addiction.” By identifying genes and pathways to addiction, researchers are able to more accurate development treatment methods.

There is a blog post at the Real Mental Health website that lists celebrities who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I’m not sure the list is 100-percent accurate, since to the best of my knowledge, Britney Spears, who is on the list has never been officially diagnosed as such.

Be that as it may, I know factually that other stars who are on the list have been diagnosed. What I find interesting is the number of celebrities who appear both on this list and the famous addicts list that we have on this website. Names like Robert Downey Jr., Carrie Fisher, Patrick Kennedy, Ozzy Osbourne and Darryl Strawberry have made their way onto both lists.

It’s no secret that when people go into drug and alcohol rehab, that they many times will have a dual-diagnosis. What is interesting, though is to see just how often serious mental illnesses will lead a person into substance abuse problems in order to try to self-medicate to dull the pain of the illness.