Cocaine is the most powerful central nervous stimulant found in nature. Its physical effects include constricted blood vessels and increased temperature, heart rate, and blood flow. Those who use it experience greater alertness, energy, self-confidence, and even power after taking it.
Men tend to feel the effects of cocaine faster than women and report more episodes of euphoria and dysphoria (intense bad feelings) than women do.
Coca-Cola originally contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per serving. While cocaine was officially removed from the drink’s ingredients in 1903, a cocaine-free version of the coca leaf is still used as a flavor additive in the soda.
Cocaine users tend to have higher rates of antisocial personality disorder, depression, anxiety, and multi-substance abuse than the general population. These traits are also more common among their immediate-family relatives.
Trace amounts of cocaine can be found on four out of every five dollar bills in circulation. However, because cocaine is a fine powder and easily spreadable, presence of the drug does not necessarily mean the bill was used to snort it.
Mixing cocaine and heroin together is called speed-balling and is a classic mixture still considered the best in terms of hallucinations and pleasure levels. The mixture is also called the death trap because cocaine is a stimulant whereas heroin is a depressant making it lethal. Users injecting them together experience intense high of cocaine followed by soothing effects of heroine. The users then tend to crave more and more of these drugs. The users do not feel the extreme effects of both the drugs and the user is unaware of the danger. The abusers feel more energetic as both the drugs have opposite effects on the body. Since the user is unable to know the lethal levels of either of these drugs, it becomes difficult to get out of the addiction. The combined drug effects can play rough on your organs, which is another deadly reason to why speed-balling is indeed deadly.
When the drugs cocaine and alcohol mixes, the body converts them into a chemical called as cocaethylene. The toxic substance is known to result in longer duration of cocaine effects in the brain. This deadly combination of the drug leads to more deaths than any other drug combination known in the world. The combination is 25 times stronger than just taking cocaine alone. The toxic element is formed in the liver resulting in liver damage, seizures and compromised functioning of the immune system. Cocaethylene is a dangerous substance that can lead to serious health problems, stronger euphoria and indirectly encouraging the person to excessive drinking of alcohol.
Consumption of cocaine increases the chances of getting a heart attack by 2400% within an hour of Cocaine intake. According to study conducted at various locations, cocaine not only increases the chances of myocardial infarction and heart attack in the long run but also increases the chances of getting a heart attack by its occasional usage for recreational purpose . Cocaine is known to be the perfect heart attack drug. Cocaine users have thickened heart wall, increased heart rate, increased blood pressure and harder arteries which all contribute to heart attacks.
Chronic cocaine use can cause a condition called “bruxism,” which is involuntary teeth grinding.
More than 400,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S.
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