Cocaine and Alcohol Together are More Damaging to Mental Ability Than Either Drug Alone
Press Release May, 2011

Scientists have found that individuals who abuse cocaine and alcohol together are prone to more impulsive decision-making and have a inferior performance on tests that requires memory than does individuals who use either cocaine or alcohol alone. According to an article in the June, 2010 of Neurology the negative effects on the ability to think clearly persist for at least a month after the substance use stops.

"This study reveals important basic information about the way these substances interact," says National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Alan I. Leshner, MD. "It also has significant implications for drug abuse treatment, which involves learning and remembering concepts that help recovering drug abusers to change behaviors and avoid situations where they might use drugs."

Carrying out the study on the interactive effects of both substances, cocaine and alcohol were Doctors Jean Lud Caded of NIDA's Intramural Research Program in Baltimore, Maryland, and Doctor Karen Bolla, of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore. Tests were conducted in 56 adults after 3 days individuals abstained from both cocaine and alcohol and a second test was conducted during the fourth week of the study. These battery o tests measured general intelligence, attention, planning, mental flexibility, verbal memory and learning.

"The results of this study support the view that cocaine abuse can have a major negative impact on the brain and these effects are compounded by the concurrent use of alcohol," explained Dr. Cadet.

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