Treatment for cocaine addiction targets relapse
An experimental drug called nepicastat shows promise in helping treat cocaine addiction, based on its ability to stave off relapse-like behavior in animals trained to give themselves cocaine. The National Institute on Drug Abuse is beginning a clinical …
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Sober Super Bowl supports recovering substance abusers
But at the end of 2012, Bahena said he relapsed into a crack cocaine and alcohol addiction he has struggled with for decades. He ended up homeless, Bahena said. On Jan. 1, he walked into the Harbor Light Center determined to change, Bahena said.
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