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SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE
Volume 49, Issue 1-2, Pages 1-6Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.824477
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cocaine; scopolamine; hair analysis; cocaine addiction; cocaine withdrawal
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Recently, there has been an enormous increase in the number of people seeking treatment for cocaine addiction. Fifteen male cocaine users aged 20-30 years who requested hair analysis from our forensic toxicology laboratory (Perugia, Italy) from March to June 2012, reported using scopolamine without medical supervision to reduce the anxiety associated with cocaine withdrawal. Self-reports were verified with the results obtained from the hair analysis. We discuss whether the use of scopolamine in cocaine abusers could be supported by a neurobiological and pharmacological point of view.
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