Cocaine abuse is a common problem in America and most prominent amongst urban communities. Why? Because cocaine is affordable and can be easily administered in several ways. There are 3 common avenues used when administering cocaine to the body: 1) snorting 2) needle injection and 3) smoking. Snorting is the process where the user inhales [...]
Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine is a powerful stimulant drug that causes addiction in over 80% of its’ users. The powdered form of cocaine can be snorted directly into the nostrils, or dissolved in water and injected directly into the blood stream. It can also be made into a rock crystal type substance, heated and then smoked to cause [...]
The Deadly Effects of Crack Use
Crack is not a drug all to itself, but a drug created from another drug, cocaine. When cocaine is boiled down and purified to eliminate all the impurities, it turns into a rock-type form. It is usually smoked in glass pipes that are either professionally made or nothing but a broken light bulb with the [...]
Effects of Cocaine on the Human Body
What is Cocaine? Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. It’s known as blow, Angie, C, Charlie, crack, coke, flake, hard, freebase, Henry, nose candy, snow, rock or stardust. It is routed to form cocaine hydrochloride or white crystalline powder. This is the outline of cocaine [...]
Crack & Cocaine: THE NATION’S MOST DANGEROUS THREAT
What is crack? The chemical cocaine hydrochloride is commonly known as cocaine. Some users chemically process cocaine in order to remove the hydrochloride. This process is called “freebasing” and makes the drug more potent. “Crack” is a solid form of freebased cocaine. It is called “crack” because it snaps and cracks when heated and smoked. [...]