October 09, 2009

Study: Cocaine vaccine could help addicts

An experimental vaccine for cocaine addicts can help some users kick the habit, according to a new study.  Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have tested a vaccine that makes people produce antibodies to cocaine. The theory is that high levels of anti-cocaine antibodies can inactivate cocaine before it enters the brain, preventing users from getting high.


August 26, 2009

Cop sorts through lies to find cocaine in a shoe

North Charleston police stop 2 men for not wearing seatbelts, find themselves with a sack of lies and a bag of cocaine.


August 17, 2009

Cocaine on your cash

Money is known to get contaminated with cocaine when drug dealers make a transaction or when users snort the drug using a rolled bill. But a new study says large-scale contamination takes place when the money is whisked into currency-counting machines.

Study finds 90% of U.S. cash is contaminated with cocaine residue

You could be handling cocaine every day and not even know it. A study by researchers out of the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth finds up to 90% of U.S. Currency is contaminated with cocaine.


June 23, 2009

Typo cuts drug offender’s prison term in Ohio

A three-letter typo has slashed years off a prison sentence for a repeat drug offender in Ohio.


March 10, 2009

Store sells cocaine-stuffed peppers

Some shoppers in New York got quite a handful when they cut into some cocaine-stuffed peppers over the weekend.


December 03, 2008

Drug bust nets $114,000 in cocaine

Members of several agencies found over 1 kilo of cocaine… Several people were arrested and charged… The confiscated drugs have a street value of over $114,000.00.

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