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Females Get More Hooked Onto Cocaine And Find Quitting It More Difficult Than Males

March 11, 2011 by

Scientists have found that females appear to become dependent on cocaine more easily than males, and they also find it much more difficult to quit. An article published in Biology of Sex Differences demonstrated this position in an animal experiment. They found that female rats are willing to work a great deal harder than their male counterparts for their next cocaine fix...

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