Cocaine

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Cocaine
Presented by Alicia and Aimee
Period B
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History of Cocaine

• The Incas were probably the first to use cocaine
  5,000 years ago.

• Native to the high mountain ranges of South
  America.

• Cocaine is derived from the Coca plant.

• Cocaine has been a part of our history and
  culture for nearly 150 years.

• Cocaine was first synthesized in 1855.

• Not until 1880 that the effects of cocaine were
  recognized by the medical world.

• Sigmund Freud, a world famous psychologist, was
  the first advocate of cocaine use. He said it
  could cure depression.

• 1886- John Pemberton included cocaine as the main
  ingredient in his new soft drink, Coca Cola. It
  wasnt until 1903 that cocaine was removed from
  this beverage.

• Another famous person who promoted the use of
  cocaine was Thomas Edison.

• Cocaine was outlawed in 1920 by The Dangerous
  Drug Act.

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What is Cocaine?

• Cocaine is a central nervous system stimulant .
• Stimulant- Drug that produces a
  feeling of being more awake.

• There are two different forms. Hydrochloride salt
  and freebase.

• Hydrochloride salt is the crystallized form.
  Free base is the powder form. The powder form
  can be dissolved in water and injected. Free
  base can also be smoked.

Hydrochloride salt
Free base
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Effects

• Short-term effects
• Increased energy
• Decreased appetite
• Mental alertness
• Increased heart rate
• Increased blood pressure
• Constricted blood vessels
• Increased temperature
• Dilated pupils

• Long-term effects
• Addiction
• Irritability
• Mood disturbances
• Restlessness
• Paranoia
• Auditory hallucinations

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Medical Effects

• Cardiovascular effects
• disturbances in heart
• rhythm heart attacks
• Respiratory effects
• chest pain
• respiratory failure

• Neurological effects
• strokes
• seizures
• headaches
• Gastrointestinal effects
• abdominal pain
• nausea

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• Neurological effects
• Paranoia
• Auditory hallucinations
• Mood disturbances
• Irritability
• Restlessness
• strokes
• seizures
• headaches

• Cardiovascular effects
• disturbances in heart
• rhythm heart attacks
• Increased heart rate
• Increased blood pressure
• Constricted blood vessels

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• Respiratory effects
• chest pain
• respiratory failure

• Gastrointestinal effects
• abdominal pain
• nausea
• Decreased appetite

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What Cocaine Does To You

• Cocaine interferes with the re-absorption process
  of dopamine (a chemical messenger in the brain
  responsible for controlling pleasure, alertness,
  and movement).

• Benzoylecognine, a metabolite unique to cocaine,
  can be detected in the urine 2-4 days .

• The disruption to brain chemistry can remain for
  much longer.

• People who have become dependent on cocaine will
  feel intense cravings for cocaine long after use
  has stopped, making recovery difficult.

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How It's Used

• Inhalation (snorting), injection, or smoking.

• Typically smoked in pipes constructed of glass
  bowls fitted with one or more fine mesh screens
  that support the drug.
• -The vapors of the freebase that is smoked are
  absorbed through the lungs into the bloodstream
  and transported to the brain within 10-15
  seconds.
• -One inhalation will produce a degree of
  intoxication usually lasting 10-15 minutes.

Nose Candy
Flake
Crack
Horn
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Coke
Blow
Tornado
Snow
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Cocaine and Pregnancy
When using cocaine during pregnancy, there is an
increased risk of
Babies exposed to cocaine

• Experience painful and life
• threatening withdrawal
• Are irritable
• Have poor ability to
• regulate their own body
• temperature and blood
• sugar
• Are at increased risk of
• having seizures

• Incidence of still births
• Incidence of miscarriage
• Premature (often fatal) labor
• and delivery

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Prevention
SAY NO!!!
Check into a drug rehab facility.
Cocaine
For Rehab locations call 1-866-845-8975 or visit
DrugRehabs.org
Or call
1-800-COCAINE
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Facts/Statistics
1 out of 4 Americans between the age of 26 and 34
have used cocaine in their lifetime.
Adults 18 to 25 years of age currently have the
highest percentage of cocaine use than any other
age group.
Today it is estimated that 22 to 25 million
people have tried cocaine at least once.
Use of Cocaine in Any Form by Students,
2004Monitoring the Future Survey
Near half of all drug related emergency room
visits are due to cocaine abuse.
Contrary to earlier belief high dose use of
cocaine can be detected as long as 10 to 22 days
after last use.
Cocaine use among men is almost 2 times high than
women.
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Work Cited
http//www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/cocaine.html
http//www.focusas.com/Cocaine.html
http//www.stopcocaineaddiction.com/what-is-crack.
htm
http//www.stopcocaineaddiction.com/history-of-coc
aine.htm