... , a functioning alcoholic, but they are just fooling you, it's impossible. The neurotransmitters are being depleted in your brain. The alcohol, oxyconten, and other drugs cause the depletion of GAB transmitters and the seratonine in a person's brain. The abuse of stimulants such as coke, ecstasy and meth deplete the dopamine. The abuse of hallucinogens, such as pot, depletes amandamind. At some point you will ... emotional balance and Dopamine is for pleasure or satiation. With Central Nervous System Stimulants, such as coke, meth and speed, you don't need the extras. You will take the s...

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... salt and the freebase. The hydrochloride salt becomes liquid in water and can be taken by vein or intanasally (by nose). Freebase is not neutralized by an acid to make hydrochloride salt. Cocaine is generally sold on the street as awhite powder known as coke, C, snow, flake, blow. Crack is the street name of the freebase form of cocaine it is maden from the powdered cocaine ... hydrochloride to a smokable form. The tern crack refers to the crackling sound when it is smoked.(drug-addiction.com,,,,,,,,) There are three ways to ... use cocaine: snorting, smoking and intervenous injection....

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... comes up around 50,000 dollars short. In order to escape all of his problems he decides to check into a drug rehab center to avoid the cops. While in the center he realizes that he is a drug addict and an alcoholic. Before he checks into this center he has an obvious problem with drugs and ... not believe that he has a problem. Poynter looks like crap and even his good friend and co-worker will not give him anymore money. While in the center he is always trying to score drugs and that starts to take over his mind. He realizes that he has hit rock bottom when he calls his ... problem wit...

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... in pursuit of a good time. Unfortunately the people in this group might find themselves in the next group before too long. This brings us to the full-blown drug addict. A full-blown drug addict might use the same drugs as the recreational user as well as narcotics. The difference being the frequency of use. I would put alcoholics, cigarette smokers, and (speed, coke and heroin) users all in this ... category. The addict is always looking for some ... type of release or escape from reality, using drugs everyday or multiple time a day, depleting savings, loss of employment. The full-blown...

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... also have more energy and are more alert. These affects were off quickly and you are left feeling low and in turn feeling that you need the drug more. As a result of this an addiction starts. Other symptoms are dilated pupils, mental alertness, temper increase and energy increase, a loss ... have symptoms such as paranoia, restlessness, hallucinations, mood swings and be easily irritated. As a long term user you can also be so addicted by the drug that you can take an overdose and die. Cocaine kills people by causing seizures, strokes, respiratory failure and heart attacks. First time us...

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... the way you see the whole world changes. You don't care about anything or anyone. All you care about is your next fix. Cocaine is a stimulant, the most powerful found in nature. It is most often seen as a white powder. In slang terms it is known as coke, snow or blow. It is extracted from the leaves of the ... coca plant found in the mountains of South America. It was used in medicines such as throat lozenges and tonics and other products ... white chips, rocks, or chunks. This form of cocaine allows pushers to sell small amounts at low prices. Crack abuse swept through the country in th...

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... abuse. By 1970 over 55 federal drug laws and countless state laws specified a variety of disciplinary measures, including life imprisonment and even the death penalty. To clarify the situation, the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 abolished, replaced, or updated all previous federal laws concerned with narcotics and all other dangerous ... 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 names for cocaine, including coke, C, toot, flake, ...

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