Cocaine
Cocaine is one of the worst drugs on the streets today. It has destroyed millions of lives and will hurt many more in the years to come. The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a group that is concerned. They created a web site (located at http://www.drugfreeamerica.org.cocaine.html) that gives straight information on cocaine and every other known illicit drug. This information is invaluable to parents. With an enemy like cocaine people need all the information that they can get. The web site explains every thing about Cocaine. Cocaine is distributed in two main forms. Powder cocaine is a white crystalline substance. It is usually snorted through the nose, or in can be mixed with water and injected. This causes high that lasts for about 15 to 30 minutes. Crack cocaine is cocaine hydrochloride. Cooking cocaine with baking soda produces crack. The high from crack lasts about 5 to 10 minutes. Some people use it occasionally and others use it many times a day. No matter how much it is extremely addictive. The high produced by cocaine is a surge in energy, an extreme feeling of pleasure. If used heavily it can cause its victim to suffer from paranoia, aggression, insomnia, and depression associated withdrawal.
Another important perspective to this article is the biological (How the body and the brain create emotions, memories, and sensory experiences text page 5) perspective. Psychologist from this perspective study how cocaine effects the brain. Their research is very important, since they might find a drug that will alleviate the withdrawal symptoms of cocaine. If a drug like this was found it would be a great help to people who are addicted to cocaine. One of the main problems with getting a user off cocaine is withdrawal (the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug text page 191). The symptoms of withdrawal associated with cocaine are paranoia, aggression, insomnia, and depression. These symptoms are one of the main reasons that it is hard for people to stop using cocaine. What cocaine does to the brain is terrible. It kills brain cells like beach kills germs. After a long period of use a users can be described as "the walking dead". Cocaine also has the possibility of killing first time users. The reason for this is that many people's body is not able to metabolize cocaine, and the only time people find out is after they are in the hospital with cartact arrest.
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