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Cocaine |
Cocaine
Use And Cardiovascular Complications
Street Names
- Blow
- Snow
- Nose Candy
Derived
Cocaine is a powerful stimulant drug that
comes from the leaves of the South American
coca plant.
Description
Cocaine is a white powder that people either
snort or dissolve and inject with a needle.
Use
Cocaine, at first, makes people feel
energetic and powerful. As these feelings
wear off, however, they quickly become
depressed and edgy—and they start really
craving more to get their high back.
Dangers and Effects
Cocaine is among the most addictive drugs
out there. Not only can it harm your body,
it can mess up your life to the point where
all that matters is your next fix. Being
high on cocaine often results in violence,
car crashes, falls, burns, and drowning.
Cocaine can also make you violent or even
make you do bizarre repetitive motions. Some
users sit and repetitively draw doodles or,
in severe cases, pick at their skin over and
over to try to get the bugs out they think
are underneath. People addicted to cocaine
often do risky things they later regret.
They may spend all their cash on cocaine,
and do any number of other things to support
their habit. In their pursuit to feed the
crack and cocaine addiction, users hurt the
people around them and often end up alone.
For additional drug information and street
names please visit http://www.streetdrugs.org
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Crack-Cocaine |
Street
Names
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- Rock
- The Chunk
Derived
"Crack" is the street name given
to cocaine that has been processed from
cocaine hydrochloride to a free base for
smoking. The term "crack" refers
to the crackling sound heard when the
mixture is smoked (heated).
Description
"Crack," or the "rock"
form of cocaine, is a ready-to-use freebase.
It is sold in small, inexpensive dosage
units that are smoked. Once introduced in
the mid-1980s, crack abuse spread rapidly
throughout America. It is noteworthy that
the emergence of crack was accompanied by a
dramatic increase in drug abuse problems and
drug- related violence.
Use
There is great risk whether cocaine is
ingested by inhalation (snorting),
injection, or smoking. It appears that
compulsive cocaine use may develop even more
rapidly if the substance is smoked rather
than snorted. Smoking allows extremely high
doses of cocaine to reach the brain very
quickly and brings an intense and immediate
high. The injecting drug user is at risk for
transmitting or acquiring HIV infection/AIDS
if needles or other injection equipment are
shared.
Dangers and Effects
Smoking crack cocaine can produce a
particularly aggressive paranoid behavior in
users. When addicted individuals stop using
cocaine, they often become depressed.
Prolonged cocaine snorting can result in
ulceration of the mucous membrane of the
nose and can damage the nasal septum enough
to cause it to collapse. Cocaine-related
deaths are often a result of cardiac arrest
or seizures followed by respiratory arrest.
For additional drug information and street
names please visit http://www.streetdrugs.org
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