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Cocaine Survivors Losing London Bonus See End to Bubble's Binge - Bloomberg.com
Professionals in the detox business say bankers have swamped them with calls since the financial crisis widened a year ago. The Causeway Retreat, an addiction and mental health hospital for professionals on a secluded island 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of London, has 15 people on the waiting list for its 18-bed facility.
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Scientists say it's no accident that trading and cocaine sometimes go together. Both involve taking risks and have a similar effect on the brain. Each activity raises dopamine levels, the organ's feel-good chemical, according to Trevor Robbins, professor of cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Dopamine surges when we take risks, such as going sky diving, betting on stock price movements or hiding in an office rest room and snorting a line of coke.

I chose it for the title...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Thu Oct 8th, 2009 at 05:39:07 PM EST
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Suddnely I have no objection to cocaine being cut with noxious chemicals.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Oct 9th, 2009 at 03:50:28 AM EST
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I don't get it. If
Both involve taking risks and have a similar effect on the brain.
shouldn't one serve as a substitute for the other? Shouldn't there be an increase in cocaine use as bankers switch from trading to taking dope?
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Fri Oct 9th, 2009 at 03:55:42 AM EST
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