Crack/Cocaine
by Justin and dominic
Description
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant made from the leaves of the cocoa plant. Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
slang names
coke,coca, big c, blow,cola,gutter glitter, glad stuff
how it enters the body
Snorted, Injected, Smoked
Physical Effects
- Constricted blood vessels and dilated pupils
- higher body temperature
- high blood pressure and faster heart beat
- sick to stomach
- restlessness
- decreased appetite
- weight loss
- inability to sleep
- heart attack/stroke
- risk of HIV
Emotional/Mental Effects
- makes you feel good by releasing high amounts of dopamine and restricting resorption
- unpredicted behavior
- panic attacks
- paranoia/psychosis
- feel sad or tired,bad dreams
Dangers of use
- can cause death: if laced with other drugs or alcohol, overdosing
- its highly addictive because the high is so strong and lasts so quick you are left with the strong urge to take more
- its illegal
work cited
- "What Is Cocaine?" What Is Cocaine? How Is It Made? - Drug-Free World. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2015.
- "Cocaine." The British Medical Journal 1.6169 (2013): 971-72. Web. 21 Jan. 2015.