Cocaine
by: Luis Chica, Austin Kolakowski, and Bilgihan Elevli
Negative Effects of Cocaine
Short Term
Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the opposite—intense depression, and a craving for more of the drug.
People who use it often don’t eat or sleep properly. They can experience greatly increased heart rate, muscle spasms and convulsions.
The drug can make people feel paranoid,1 angry, hostile and anxious—even when they aren’t high.
Long Term
A person can become psychotic and begin to experience hallucinations.
As cocaine interferes with the way the brain processes chemicals, one needs more and more of the drug just to feel “normal.”
People who become addicted to cocaine (as with most other drugs) lose interest in other areas of life.
Cocaine Street Names
- C
- Mojo
- Snow
- Aunt Nora
- Charlie
- Nose Candy
- Toot Bernice
- Coke
- Dust
- Flake
- Paradise
- White
- Binge Sneeze
- Sniff
- Blow
How The Drug Is Used
Wallingford Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Selling Cocaine At Bars
April 25, 2014|BY HILDA MUÑOZ, hmunoz@courant.com, The Hartford Courant
WALLINGFORD — A 49-year-old man was arrested during an investigation into drug sales at local bars, police said.
Andrew Holuba is one of several people arrested as part of the investigation. He was taken into custody during a traffic stop Thursday on Ward Street. He was in possession of cocaine that was packaged for sale.
Robert Downey jr.
Angelina Jolie
Lindsay Lohan
Famous Cocaine Users
- Whitney Houston
- Amy Winehouse
- Tim Allen
- Lamar Odom
- Kate Moss
- Sigmund Freud
- Drew Barrymore
- Stephen King
Whitney Houston
Tim Allen
Comedian Tim Allen is a Hollywood success story; after early struggles with drug abuse that included incarceration for possession of cocaine, Allen cleaned up his act. He wrote about his struggles in his memoir, Don't Stand too Close to a Naked Man.