... useful in curing morphine addiction. cocaine Related: Pharmaceuticals (kōkān', kō'kān) , alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in addition to its anesthetic effect, it constricts small arteries, lessening bleeding. There are many street ... room visits are cocaine-related. marijuana Related: Pharmaceuticals or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp ) or C...

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... GHB include Liquid Ecstasy, Soap, Easy Lay, and Georgia Homeboy. The majority of the side effects involving this drug seem to be coma or seizures. However, when mixed with alcohol at raves, unconsciousness may occur. Cocaine, the most potent stimulant of natural origin, is extracted from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylon coca), which is indigenous to the Andean highlands ... of South America. Illicit cocaine is usually distributed as a white crystalline powder or as an off-white chunky material. Cocaine base ... chemical responsible for most of the psychoactive effects of the pl...

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... ceremonies. As time went by people who lived in the Andean mountains either made tea from them or chewed on the coca leaves. They did this to relive mountain sickness, hunger and sometimes for refreshment. Crack is smokable. It usually appears as off-white ... nose bleeds. Inhalants often cause, weird feelings as: weakness, dizziness, slow heart beat and sometimes even heart attacks. When taking a great amount of inhalants, there will not be a pleasant high but mental confusion, and delusions, sometimes it can also cause paranoia. By harming the central nervous ... and nervous system. ...

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