OMRF to investigate potential treathment for meth, cocaine use

An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist will oversee experiments aimed at creating a medication to treat methamphetamine and cocaine addiction.

Mike Beckstead, Ph.D., is the principal investigator on a new one-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health. He will collaborate on the $400,000 project with the University of Texas at San Antonio and Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals, a biot…