Street Names
C, coke, flake, nose candy, snow, dust, white, white lady, toot, crack, rock, freebase
Brief Description
Cocaine is colourless or white crystalline alkaloid powder (C17H21NO4) produced from material extracted from the leaves of the coca plant, Erythroxylum The substance is sometimes used in medicine as a local anaesthetic. Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug.
How can you tell if someone might be using Cocaine
Here are some warning signs
- Red, bloodshot eyes
- Runny nose or frequent sniffing
- Change in eating or sleeping patterns
- Change in groups of friends
- Change in behavior / school grades
- Frequently needing money
- Losing interest in school, family, or activities once enjoyed
- Acting withdrawn depressed, tired, or careless about personal appearance
How is it used
Chewing, snorting, mainlining, injecting, smoking
Short-Term Effects
Sudden death can occur on the first use of cocaine or unexpectedly thereafter.
Short-term cocaine effects include:
- Increased blood pressure
- Constricted blood vessels
- Dilated pupils
- Mental alertness
- Increased energy
- Increased heart rate
- Decreased appetite
- Increased temperature
New cocaine users frequently try cocaine to increase productivity at work and in other areas of their lives so that they can work longer and harder. While these results may seem promising in the beginning, increased tolerance and dangerous life choices often follow repeated cocaine use.
Long Term Effects
A powerfully addictive drug, cocaine usually makes the user feel euphoric and energetic. Common health effects.
Sudden death can occur on the first time use of cocaine or unexpectedly thereafter.
- Feelings of restlessness, irritability, mood swings, paranoia,
- Sleeplessness, and weight loss.
- Dependence and depression
- Emotional problems and isolation from family and friends
- Psychosis, paranoia, depression, anxiety disorders, and delusions
- Damage and holes on the inside of the nose and inflamed nasal passages
- Increased risk of hepatitis and HIV
- Severe respiratory infections
- Heart attacks, chest pain, respiratory failure, strokes, and abdominal pain and nausea
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