Cocaine, derived from coca leaves, emerged initially as a painkiller but quickly transitioned into a recreational drug due to its potent effects. Users employ various methods to consume it, including sniffing, rubbing on gums, ingestion, injection, and inhalation of vapors or smoke, each method providing varying speeds of absorption.
Sometimes the drug is made into a vapour
or smoke that can also speed up absorbtion.
It is sniffed, rubbed on the persons gums or
ingested. To get high faster some users will
inject the drug right into their veins.
It is often combined with other powders
such as talcum powder, sugar, corn starch,
or even other drugs.
The drug is extracted from coca leaves.
It was originally invented as a pain killer
quickly became a recreational drug people
use.
Side effects
Long-term effects
Severe addicition
Increased frequency of risky behaviour.
Irritability and mood disturbances.
Disorientation, apathy, confused exhaustion.
Sexual problems and infertility
Malnutrition, weight loss, severe tooth decay.
Destruction of nasal tissue when sniffed, respiratory
failure when smoked, infectious diseases or
abscesses when injected.
Liver, kidney, and lung damage.
High blood pressure, leading to heart attacks
strokes and death.
Permanent damage to blood vessels of heart
and brain.
Short-term effects
Convulsions, seizures, and even sudden death
when taking high doses.
Intense drug craving, panic, and psychosis.
Intense euphoria, paranoia, anxiety, depression.
Often times users will experience hallucinations
that create the illusion of bugs burrowing
under the skin.
Hallucinations, hyper-excitability, irritability.
Hyper-stimulation, bizarre erratic,
sometimes violent behaviour.
Disturbed sleep patterns, nausea.
Dilated pupils.
Contracted blood vessels, increased rate
of breathing.
Increased heart rate, body temperature,
and blood pressure.
Loss of appetite.
What is it?
Cocaine is a multi-billion dollar enterprise across
the world. People of all ages use this highly
harmful drug.
It stimulates the mental and physical parts of
a person. Physically it stimulates the nerve
endings of a person. Mentally it stimulates the
brain and creates and sense of euphoria.
Once people start using the drug it is highly
addictive.
Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs
in the world.