A recent trend of escalating use of cocaine/crack cocaine was observed in the UK. The
number of mentions on death certificates; last year use of cocaine; treatment demand …

Aim: To ascertain the demographic characteristics, circumstances of death, toxicological
results, and major autopsy findings of cocaine-related fatalities. Design: Inspection of the …

Cocaine availability has been increasing in Spain in the past few years. A review of all the
toxicological analyses carried out at the Madrid Department of the Instituto Nacional de …

Cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit drug after cannabis in the general
population. Cocaine is a powerful stimulating agent of the central nervous system and a …

The toxicities of cocaine are far‐ranging. They include sudden death, acute medical and
psychiatric illness, infectious complications, reproductive disturbances, trauma, criminal …

In recent years there has been an increase interest in cocaine-related death reflecting the
rising trend in cocaine use in Europe. Nevertheless is still now very difficult to attribute a …

Numerous studies have pointed out the risks of cocaine use for mental health. Most clinical
studies report a high psychiatric comorbidity, mainly among crack users. In this paper the …

197 SUCHT| 51 (4)| 196–198| 2005 threshold, free-access and non-stigmatizing counseling
services for users with acute problems. At the same time, the situation is also very disturbing …

This is a register-based cohort study of 20,581 individuals in treatment for illicit substance
use disorders in Denmark between 1996 and 2006. All in all, 1441 deaths were recorded …

Cocaine use has increased considerably during the last twenty years and several related
complications can be identified. Clinical features of cocaine intoxication are variable, but …