In the 1880's before the Merck and Park, Davis drug companies figured out how to synthesize pure cocaine from coca leaves and hired the likes of Sigmund Freud and pioneering ophthalmologist Karl Koller to promote the wonders of pure cocaine to the medical community and the world at large, the man that was most often associated with coca was Angelo Mariani.  In addition to being a second rate

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In the late 1800's early 1900's two of cocaine's biggest advocates were Dr. Sigmund Freud and Dr. Karl Koller.  Freud, a Psychologist and Koller, a house surgeon practicing in the Veinna General Hospital were friends and associates. Up until the mid 1880's both had very little notoriety in thier respective fields.  Their climb to fame and fortune began in 1885 after chemists from two major drug

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When one hears about the cocaine cartels we think of the Cocaine cartels in South America and that these organizations have only existed since the 1980's when cocaine  use skyrocket and  coca became one of the most lucrative cash crops on the planet.

What is not common knowledge is that there have been many cocaine cartels long before thugs in South America organized in late 1970's early 1980's. 

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                              "Guilt": The Third Barrier to Successful Recovery

The third and final barrier to recovery from addiction is guilt. Guilt acts as another strap in the harness that keeps the addict trapped in his addiction.

An addict is filled with guilt. He feels guilty because he has lost his integrity; he has become a dishonest person and consequently loses his self-esteem. For any

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                       The Life Cycle and Mechanics of Addiction

"Cravings": The First Barrier to Successful Recovery

The first challenge for any addict wishing to kick his addiction is overcoming the mental and physical cravings for drugs or alcohol. Cravings are strong, uncontrollable urges to use drugs or alcohol that drive the addict to once again use addictive substances.

To get an idea of what

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The Life Cycle and Mechanics of Addiction

                                             What is Addiction Really

Whether a person is genetically or bio-chemically predisposed to addiction or alcoholism is a controversy that has been debated for years within the scientific, medical and chemical dependency communities. One school of thought advocates the "disease concept" which embraces the notion

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Unhappily, the second half of the Twentieth Century proved to be a pivotal pointin America's war on drugs. New drugs, new high levels of users and addicts, newtrafficking channels - it's been an all-out assault that shows no signs of relief.

In the late 1960s, an entirely new drug consciousness arose, particularly among young- Caucasian

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                                      LSD AWAKENS A SLEEPING GIANT

America's first War on Drugs was launched in 1920 with the enactment of the Dangerous Drug Act by Congress. Laws to ban over-the-counter sales of narcotics and cocaine were slammed into effect across the country. A special federal commission was sent to Hollywood to clean up the drug use and promiscuity that had been favorably

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If you have been following this series of articles, you have learned how opium and its derivatives morphine and heroin made their way into America's channels of commerce. In time, each substance acquired an expanding customer base, anchored by the addictiveness of the drug. In the Twentieth Century, the popularity of cocaine in its various forms would prove to reach much deeper and farther than

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Far from being a recent development in this country, drug or alcohol addiction has been part of the American scene for more than one hundred fifty years. And for thousands of years before that, drugs and alcoholic products have been intertwined throughout various cultures from the ancient Egyptians and Persians to the Romans. They have

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