STUDY LINKS COCAINE TO CLOT FORMATION

New York - If one needs another reason to say no to cocaine, here it is:
Harvard scientists have identified two nasty heart-damaging and potentially
life-threatening effects that explain why users are at risk for heart
disease and stroke every time they take cocaine.

"I hope this will be a wake up call for people who use cocaine," said Dr.
Arthur Siegel, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School
and director of internal medicine at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. "They
should know how dangerous cocaine could be."

The findings, reported today in the Archives if Internal medicine, provide a
biological explanation of how cocaine puts people at risk. There is no
telling how many people suffer these consequences.

- - Tribune wire reports