Cocaine has humble and inexpensive origins, but a noxious, labor-intensive process turns it into one of the most valuable products in the world.

Cocaine processing labs have been discovered in Senegal, Niger, Belgium, Spain and elsewhere. Traffickers have learned to smuggle coca base by chemically dissolving it in everyday items ...

Cocaine makes brain cells cannibalize themselves, new evidence in mice shows Compound counteracts the process Date: January 18, 2016 Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine ...

1985: Fire at a "horse farm" reveals largest cocaine processing lab in the U.S. by Liz Bishop. Thu, October 27th 2022 at 8:29 PM. Updated Fri, October 28th 2022 at 12:28 PM.

Intense sweetness can be more addictive than cocaine. The changes in neural processing that are induced by cocaine can increase the influence of motor habits and decrease the influence of motivation.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Authorities in the Dominican Republic have uncovered an underground cocaine processing lab that is being described as the most sophisticated ever found in the ...

While the cocaine paste shipment might not necessarily be an indicator of cocaine processing in Guatemala, there are some signs of cocaine processing in its southern neighbor, Honduras. In March 2011, ...

How Americans Said No To Cocaine After Years-Long Addiction The drug war was in full swing in the '80s, and cocaine was practically everywhere. But use of the drug has fallen by almost half since ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Records amounts of cocaine are being seized in Europe while manufacturing of the drug is now taking place inside the the European Union, officials in charge of fighting and ...