St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis

Evidence links cocaine abuse and Parkinson disease

Published in Law and Health Weekly, January 14th, 2006

Adults who abuse cocaine might increase their risk of developing Parkinson disease (PD), and pregnant women who abuse cocaine could increase the risk of their children developing PD later in life, according to results of laboratory studies performed by investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The study's findings are important because there are currently more than 2 million cocaine abusers in the U.S. today, the researchers said. Many individuals who abused the drug during the height of the cocaine abuse epidemic of the 1970s and 1980s are now entering their older years, when symptoms of PD are likely to emerge.

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2006-01-14)

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