Khat, Meph and Bath Salts

Khat, or Catha Edulis, is shrub native to East Africa and Arabia. The leaves are chewed, or brewed and drunk as a stimulant liquor. The active ingredients of khat are cathine and cathinone, very similar in action to amphetamine drugs. As with coca and opium, in its countries of origin khat has been used for centuries, in natural form by people in local communities as a pick me up, something to relieve tiredness and...

Narcissism and Cocaine Abuse

A1989 study from the University of Iowa, by William R Yates and others finds that cocaine users are more likely than the general population, including alcoholics to have a narcissistic personality type, with around 80% of cocaine users having Cluster B personality disorders that include the hysteric, the narcissistic, anti social and borderline personality types. see article: Since the Iowa study, the use of...

Cocaine Addiction Recovery

People looking for cocaine addiction recovery, may be directed to a therapeutic community. Therapeutic communities have emerged out of mainstream treatments for cocaine addiction because there are said to be no specific maintenance drugs to help with cocaine recovery, as there are for narcotics. It is very easy to become confused as to what is on offer in these communities. It is sometimes stated that they use a...

Drug Use Ontario – Have We Lost the Plot?

CAMH the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada has recently released the results of a 2009 survey, conducted about the population of Ontario, and found that people in Ontario are increasingly using alcohol and marijuana, with an increasing number of the population reporting that they have mental health problems. Cannabis use, for both males and females of all age groups, has risen to 13.3% in 2009, from...

Running and Cocaine: Benefits of Exercise.

Recent scientific studies have shown that some of the benefits of exercise such as running in marathon trials can include reduced dependency on cocaine.  Running has long been known for the benefits of exercise but it also has capacity to stress the body. Marathon and long distance runners often talk about running through the “pain barrier”, and achieving the runner’s “high”. The body responds to...