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Cocaine and Crack

 

            
            
             Cocaine is the most powerful central nerve system stimulant in nature. Cocaine is white powder made from the coca plant in the Andean mountains in South Africa. Thousands of years ago cocaine was used for religious 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 chunks, chips or rocks. It is probable that cocaine dealers, seeking a better market for an existing of the drug, developed the process to expand their user opportunities, since this method allows small amounts to be sold at very low prices. .
             How Do They Affect You?.
             It causes the heart to beat faster and blood vessels to draw together (to constrict). This defiantly makes the risk higher of strokes. The use of this drug gives a large appetite and makes the user feel more alert, energetic, and self-confident, sometimes even more powerful. When a user takes high doses, he/she can become paranoid and delusional. Blood pressure increases, which can cause heart attacks or strokes. In some cases these effects can be fatal. As the drug's effects wear off, the user can get into some kind of depression, sometimes the users feel jumpy, fearful, and anxious. .
             Some of the consequences of taking crack and cocaine include: .
             Problems in the blood vessels, including heart attack, heart failure and irregular heart beat. .
             Mantel complications, including serious mantel illness (schizophrenia), depression, delusions, anxiety disorders and paranoia.
             Addiction and dependence.
             Very high risk of traumatic injury from accidents and aggressive violence, or criminal behavior .
             For addicts, whether they smoke, inject, or inhale, promiscuous sexual activity can increase the risk of HIV infection. .
             Strokes, seizures and brain infections, .
             Nausea, sexual dysfunction, headaches, sleeplessness and limited sense of smell.


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