Cocaine is a very powerful and highly addictive stimulant that comes from the coca plant that grows in Central and South America. The coca leaves are processed to extract small amounts of cocaine, which is made into a white powder known as cocaine hydrochloride.
How it’s Used: Method of Ingestion: Sniffed, Smoked, Injected
Effects: It speeds up your heart rate and increases your blood pressure. Your breathing becomes much faster. This kind of stuff can easily lead to heart attacks, strokes, and respiratory failure. Brain seizures, where the oxygen supply to the brain is cut off, have been known to happen. And it lowers your immune system.
Side Effects
Intense, euphoric feeling followed by an equally intense “crash” or depressed feeling, Heart attacks, Lung damage, Chest pains, Erratic heart beat, Brain hemorrhage, Seizure, Death, Psychosis, Paranoia, Violent behavior, Heart attacks, strokes, respiratory failure, Brain seizures, Decreased ability of body to fight infection, Violent, erratic, paranoid behavior, Hallucinations and “coke bugs” (sensation of imaginary insects crawling over the skin), Hepatitis or AIDS through shared needles, Confusion, anxiety, and depression, “Cocaine psychosis”—losing touch with reality, loss of interest in friends, family, hobbies, sports, and other activities
Remedies
Here are some sites that offer remedies for drugs including Cocaine.
- DrugHelp.org is a private, non-profit information and referral network providing information on specific drugs and treatment options, and referrals to public and private treatment programs, self-help groups, family support groups and crisis centers throughout the United States.
- Narconon Drug Rehabilitation and Treatment for Addiction. High success rate. Offers Narconon Drug Prevention and Education Services.
- Church Of Scientology International Drug Solutions presents information on effective drug education, drug prevention and drug rehabilitation.
- Drug Education Council offers ways to prevent drug abuse and become better informed about current local and national community awareness efforts.
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