The Abuse Of Cocaine

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One of America’s most beloved soda (Coca Cola) use to contain the teratogen Cocaine. This substance was once thought to be potentially helpful, soon became abused and addictive. Cocaine affects around thousands if not more of its users and ends up leaving them in a very dangerous health state. Regardless of how it is being used, the pleasurable effects it gives off automatically hooks the user and becomes uncontrollably addicting. The abuse of Cocaine ends up leaving the user with short-term, long-term and even permanent effects. Out of the user's, mothers who are pregnant while using Cocaine not only affect themselves, but also their own child. Babies that are exposed to Cocaine will most likely end up premature, miscarried and even addicted

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