Acupuncture for the treatment of cocaine addiction: a randomized controlled trial.

Context: Auricular acupuncture is widely used to treat cocaine addiction in the United States and Europe. However, evidence from controlled studies regarding this treatment's effectiveness has been inconsistent.

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture as a treatment for cocaine addiction.

Psychiatric comorbidity of methamphetamine dependence in a forensic sample.

The objective of this study was to examine the association between psychiatric symptoms and methamphetamine dependence. A four-hour survey was administered to 1,580 arrestees sampled from the 14 most populous counties in California. The survey included items assessing demographic profile, history of substance dependence, and psychiatric symptomatology.

The face of craving? Facial muscle EMG and reported craving in abstinent and non-abstinent cocaine users.

We studied 12 subjects, half of whom were current cocaine users and half of whom were abstinent former users, using facial EMG before and after subjects completed questionnaires describing cocaine use, craving and mood. Changes in zygomatic EMG tone before and after cocaine questionnaire completion correlated with reported craving in current users. This preliminary study suggests that facial EMG correlates with cocaine craving in current users.