Looking for the Fix for the Fix
Cocaine also referred to as blow or coke as been a problem in the world for the past half century. The white power has been starting wars and ruining lives faster than any other drug. Before cocaine was used in the form of a powder, it was chewed in its leaf form. The plant cocaine comes from is called coca. It was used by Ancient Incas approximately 3000 BC they would chew it to get their hearts racing during rituals. The actual drug cocaine was first extracted from the plant in 1859 German chemist Albert Niemann. However it did not become popular among the medical community until 1880. The first person to support cocaine as a tonic cure for depressions and sexual impotence was Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund …show more content…
The energizing effects that coca-cola gave people due to the added cocaine lead to its quick growth in popularity. After this cocaine’s dangers became more evident as it became more popular. In 1903 coca-cola was pressured to take the cocaine out of the popular soft drink. Only two years after the drug was cut from Coca-Cola, it became popular to snort the drug in powder form. In 1912 over 5,000 cocaine related deaths were accounted for, and in 1922 the drug was officially banned in America. In the 1970’s cocaine emerged again as a popular drug for businessmen, they raved about how helped them stay up and provided a large amount of energy. Shortly after the reamergance of Cocaine Colombian drug traffickers began setting up an elaborate system to smuggle Cocaine into America. The smuggling of amazing amounts of cocaine leads to the peak of the cocaine business around the 1990’s. However the cocaine industry has peaked, and it is beginning to be overcome by other major drugs in the united states, for example heroin. Heroin is becoming a country wide epidemic. Heroin is cheap, and very addictive, it is almost impossible to be cured of a heroin addiction. We can look at how the world dealt with cocaine to help us fight heroin in a more effective
Cocaine also referred to as blow or coke as been a problem in the world for the past half century. The white power has been starting wars and ruining lives faster than any other drug. Before cocaine was used in the form of a powder, it was chewed in its leaf form. The plant cocaine comes from is called coca. It was used by Ancient Incas approximately 3000 BC they would chew it to get their hearts racing during rituals. The actual drug cocaine was first extracted from the plant in 1859 German chemist Albert Niemann. However it did not become popular among the medical community until 1880. The first person to support cocaine as a tonic cure for depressions and sexual impotence was Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund …show more content…
The energizing effects that coca-cola gave people due to the added cocaine lead to its quick growth in popularity. After this cocaine’s dangers became more evident as it became more popular. In 1903 coca-cola was pressured to take the cocaine out of the popular soft drink. Only two years after the drug was cut from Coca-Cola, it became popular to snort the drug in powder form. In 1912 over 5,000 cocaine related deaths were accounted for, and in 1922 the drug was officially banned in America. In the 1970’s cocaine emerged again as a popular drug for businessmen, they raved about how helped them stay up and provided a large amount of energy. Shortly after the reamergance of Cocaine Colombian drug traffickers began setting up an elaborate system to smuggle Cocaine into America. The smuggling of amazing amounts of cocaine leads to the peak of the cocaine business around the 1990’s. However the cocaine industry has peaked, and it is beginning to be overcome by other major drugs in the united states, for example heroin. Heroin is becoming a country wide epidemic. Heroin is cheap, and very addictive, it is almost impossible to be cured of a heroin addiction. We can look at how the world dealt with cocaine to help us fight heroin in a more effective