Another Reason Not to Use Coke--Glaucoma

"Cocaine users may have an increased risk of developing a type of glaucoma, a new study finds," notes a post on LiveScience. "The participants in the study who had used or were using cocaine were more likely than non-cocaine users to have open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma and the second-most common cause of blindness in the United States. Researchers at the Veterans Health Administration's Health Services Research and Development Service in Indianapolis analyzed the health records of 5.3 million U.S. veterans who had used VA outpatient clinics in 2009. About 90 percent of the veterans were male." Read more.