Cocaine is a narcotic (alkaloid) obtained from coca leaves native to South America (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2013). Street names of cocaine are “C”, “Mojo”, “Aunt Nora”, “Dust”, “Charlie”, “Snow”, “Bernice”, “Toot”, “Nose Candy”, and “Sniff”. There is another form of cocaine, i.e. “freebase” cocaine. In this form, cocaine alkaloid in cocaine hydrochloride is “freed” from other components. It has less ability to be dissolved in the blood or mucous membranes of the nasal passages, but it can be effectively volatilized and smoked. Continue reading Cocaine and its use in California→
Freelance writing is an interesting career (Credit: Stefan/Flickr)
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London based Alpari (U.K.) Ltd. has shown that it lacks sufficient financial resources and has applied for insolvency as noted by WSJ. Several companies are looking for its acquisition. According to Pepperstone Financial Services, which is an online currency trader, Alpari is a suitable acquisition target. Other firms such as IG Group Holdings PLC is also showing interest in the company. Continue reading Alpari has applied for Insolvency – News→
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Latest iPhones by Apple Inc. got long lines of people, who are eager to buy this new device. According to the company, new iPhones have surpassed the sale of 10 million units in the first three days of the start of sale. Interestingly, consumers are going for iPhone 6, 7 times more than the iPhone 6 Plus. This is the second time that the company has sold two new iPhones at the same time. Last year, Apple sold nine million units of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c in the same time of start of sale. Continue reading Apple’s new iPhones have gone above expectations→
Less than 1% of research funding awarded by public and charitable bodies to UK researchers in 2008–13 was awarded for research on antibiotics.
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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The study, which is the first detailed assessment of public and charitable funding to UK researchers focusing on bacteriology and antibiotic research, suggests that present levels of funding for antibiotic research in the UK are inadequate, and will need to be urgently increased if the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance is to be tackled effectively by UK researchers. Continue reading Less than 1% of UK public research funding spent on antibiotic research in past 5 years→
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