COCAINE

WHAT IS COCAINE?

• Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug. It is commonly snorted, inhaled, or injected into the veins.

HISTORY

• Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
• Cocaine was first isolated
• As of 2008, cocaine had become the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.

SHORT TERMS

• intense depression
• Craving for more drug
• Increase heart rate
• Less sleep
• Muscle spams and convulsions

LONG TEMRS

• Severe depression
• Tolerance and addiction (even after just one use)
• Severe tooth decay
• Permanent damage to blood vessels, heart and brain.
• Respiratory Failure if smoked.

STATISTICS

• After marijuana, cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit drug in the United State.
• More than 400,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S.f
• Approximately 10% of people who begin using cocaine will immediately progress to serious, heavy use of the drug.f
• 3.3 percent of high school and college students report being current users of cocaine.

IS IT ADDICTIVE OR NOT?

• Cocaine is a highly addictive drug.
• Second most addictive.

TREATMENTS

• Baclofen- a muscle relaxant that curbs cocaine craving.
• Nocaine- is a drug that provides a weaker version if cocaine; blocks stimulant effects.
• Disulfiram- an anti-alcoholic agent that makes using cocaine very unpleasant.

PSYCHOACTIVE INGREDIENT

• Benzoylmethylecgonine; main psychoactive ingredient.

•Increase risks of strokes
•Reduced attention
•Insatiable hunger
•Insomnia
•Lethargy

SOURCES 🐸

• http://rehab-international.org/cocaine-addiction/statistics
• http://rehab-international.org/cocaine-addiction/statistics
• Drugfreeworld.org