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Cocaine Addiction Could be Zapped Away by Magnetic Pulses
In 2012, Luca Rossi tried to kill himself by hanging in Perugia, Italy. He tied the belt from a wardrobe and was choking when his fiancee walked in. He struggled to safety, and in his mind was defeated even in his last act. Luca Rossi had everything from a medical career, future plans, to a…
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Tom Hank’s Son Did Rehab Stint for Coke Addiction
Tom Hank’s eldest son, 24-year-old Chet Hanks decided to go public with the fact that he went to rehab for cocaine addiction. Chet Hanks says he’s been struggling with addiction since he was 16-years-old. According to PageSix, “Tom Hanks’ rapper son has gotten sober after years of battling drug and alcohol abuse … The 24-year-old…
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Stimulating Prefrontal Cortex in Brain May Help Cocaine Addicts
Scientists at the National Institute for Health (NIH) and at the University of California in San Francisco teamed up to use lasers to help the cravings on cocaine-addicted lab rats. The technique known as optogenetic stimulation reduced the cravings of severely addicted rats. According to GovExec.com, “The researchers studied rats that were chronically addicted to…