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Cocaine
(Crack, Blow, Cake, Rock, Snow, Flake)
Drug Description:
A fine white crystalline powder
Made from the leaves of the Coca plant, indigenous to the Andean highlands in South America
Crack is the the result of the powder being processed to become rocks
Uses:
It can be inhaled through the nose (snorted)
Dissolved in water then injected
Smoked when in crystal form
Health care professionals use cocaine on the patients to numb the lining of the throat, nose, or mouth
A valuable anesthetic for medical operations such as stitches
Short Term Drug Effects:
Euphoria
Elevated heart rate
Talkativeness
Impaired Judgement
Body temperature increase
Long Term Drug Effects:
Heart attack
Stroke
Headaches
Loss of sense of smell
Nosebleeds
Death
Fun Facts:
Produces an almost immediate high
First time users can become addicted.
Kills about 10,000 people in the U.S annually, most deaths are heart attacks
It is a powerful vasoconstrictor, which means the drug tightens blood vessels. This leads to increased blood pressure